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Photograph showing Tuesday work moving iron ore through a foundry into cylinder blocks and through machining.
- Title (English):
- Photograph showing Tuesday work moving iron ore through a foundry into cylinder blocks and through machining.
- Collection:
- Early 20th Century Engineering Lantern Slides
- Set:
- Growth
- Agent:
- unknown
- Date:
- undated
- Location:
- Detroit, Michigan
- ID Number:
- RMA01151_b20_069
- Catalog Record:
- 2075312
- Collection Number:
- 16-5-1151
- File Name:
- RMA01151_b20_069.jpg
- Transcription:
- Tuesday 4:10 A.M. 3) As the conveyer brings the molds past the pouring station the hot metal is cast into cylinder blocks. These then go to the shake-out station and are taken away to cool and be cleaned. The cooling and cleaning process requires about five hours. Tuesday 9:10 A.M. 4) The casting now goes to its first machining operation. There are 44 operations in all, all of which are done in approximately 100 minutes. All these are performed in the foundry building-a departure from conventional found practice, but in line with the Ford method of continuous operation.
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Subject:
- automobile assembly
raw materials
foundries
machining
mass production
iron ores
automobile factories
- Description:
- Two photographs showing typical Tuesday Ford factory work, moving iron ore through a foundry, to be casted into cylinder blocks by 4:10am, by 9:10am cylinder blocks are ready for machining in the same facility.
- Annotation:
- 12. Growth
- Notes:
- The digital images in this collection capture images as they appear within the slides in the physical collection. Any information found on slide mounts have been recorded in the Annotation field to provide context for how the slides were originally organized and used.
- Cite As:
- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering records, #16-5-1151. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering records, 1917-2009
- Box:
- 20
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status of this item is undetermined. Efforts have been made to evaluate the item based on date of creation, publication status, potential creators, and potential rightsholders. The item was digitized at Cornell University Library in 2024 from physical holdings in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering records, 1917-2009, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. It is presented here by Cornell University Library under an assertion of fair use and the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections (http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright). The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu with any additional information or for questions about the collection.
