River Rouge

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Workers assemble automobile body sides along a central conveyor belt in a large Ford Motor Company factory at River Rouge, Detroit, with car parts stacked nearby.

River Rouge

Michigan, United States

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Henry Ford
Control of the company
…a huge new plant at River Rouge, Michigan, had been one of the specific causes of the Dodge suit. What Ford dreamed of was not merely increased capacity but complete self-sufficiency. World War I, with its shortages and price increases, demonstrated for him the need to control raw materials; slow-moving…
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…a huge new plant at River Rouge, Michigan, had been one of the specific causes of the Dodge suit. What Ford dreamed of was not merely increased capacity but complete self-sufficiency. World War I, with its shortages and price increases, demonstrated for him the need to control raw materials; slow-moving…
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