Postcard

Ford Motor Company, River Rouge, Mich.

Color illustrated postcard depicting an aerial view of the Ford River Rouge Complex in Dearborn. The Rouge River is in the foreground.
Printed on verso: The River Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company covers 1,100 acres, emplys over 40,000 men, and is still growing. Two blast furnaces produce 1,000 tons of pig iron daily, and storage buns hold 2,000,000 tons of iron ore. Here is operated this largest foundry in the world, pouring 1,800 tons of castings daily. Coke ovens produce 1,600 tons of coke per day besides 400 tons of by-products such as benzol, ammonium sulphate, tar, oil, etc. 50 miles of railroad tracks are within the plant boundaries. The new power plant will have an output of 500,000 horsepower. Manufacturing units produce daily 7,000 Ford bodies, 500 Fordson Tractors and 30,000 square feet of plate glass.