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Final Assembly line workers installing engine, Ford Rouge Plant, October 17, 1945. Built on a 2,000 acre site in Dearborn by architect Albert Kahn as a series two dozen supportive buildings and factories, the Rouge complex quickly became one of the most famous industrial complexes in the world. At its peak it employed over 75,000 workers in positions varying from line worker, dock worker, railroad hand, glass maker, cement mixer, to foundry workers. It employed both skilled and unskilled laborers, drawing many of its employees from the growing pools of immigrants lured to Detroit by Ford’s famous $5 workday. |
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