Dearborn Historical Museum posted four pictures with the comment:
The Fordson Tractor & Dearborn During World War 1
Dearborn's most important contribution to the World War 1 war effort was the production of the Fordson Tractor. Thousands of tractors were produced in Dearborn during the war for customers in Great Britain and the US which helped increase food production. This large scale production of tractors created a need for local housing resulting in the eventual construction of Ford Homes & other West Dearborn neighborhoods. The tractors themselves were produced at a factory near Oakwood Blvd south of Michigan. Ford Engineering Laboratory was later built at the same site.
Note: this post on the Fordson Tractor was published today because numerous museums across the US are having a World War 1 Social Media Day.
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| Tom Stechow commented on Peter's share Peter Dudley That triangular pond is still there, near the northwest corner of Greenfield Village. East of the tractor plant, Detroit, Delray & Dearborn Railroad (DD&D) junctioned with M.C.R.R.'s Michigan Line, until some time during the 1920s. This long-gone M.C.R.R. branch line went through the middle of today's Ford Proving Grounds (the one-time Ford Airport) and Greenfield Village, paralleling the northeast side of Oakwood Boulevard. |
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| Tom Stechow commented on Peter's share And later became the Ford Engineering Laboratory which is still standing Anthony J. Rzucidlo Located at Okwood & Elm. Since I retired, Ford gave the building to the Henry Ford Museum. However, from what I understand is that half of the building is used for storage by the Henry Ford and the other half is FoMoCo, Also I have been told that the interior of the building has been restored to when it was first buuilt i.e. open skylights. When I was still working at the R&E Center they restored Henry Ford's office as it was back in the day. Some other very interesting history in that building.Tom Stechow If you are interested in the history of FEL a former colleague of mine wrote a book about FEL http://mtpublishing.com/.../def.../ford-lab-standard.html... |
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| Tom Stechow commented on Peter's share Recent picture of the latest renovation of FEL |
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| Michael Huth commented on Peter's share Here's my grand-dad on his Fordson in NW Wisconsin! |
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