The Ford Barn

Mike Conshafter · 05-06-2014, 05:24 PM

Here is a great shot of the frame assembly process at the Rouge plant in 1934. There is a lot to study in these old pictures, the process, the men, the environment. Check out the trays of rivets.

hotrodA · 05-06-2014, 05:28 PM

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Wonder what the press in the background was used for? Punching holes?

DavidG · 05-06-2014, 07:22 PM

Likely to set the rivets the workers in the foreground are whacking into place. This was a workplace station that was very hard on one's hearing.

Ken Crans · 05-06-2014, 09:08 PM

They had a wooden floor to stand on which is good for working long hours.

1931 flamingo · 05-07-2014, 06:21 PM

Had wooden block floor at PWA (Southington) in the assembly areas. When it got s l o w we would pull used safety wire out of the blocks. FWIW
Paul in CT

51 MERC-CT · 05-07-2014, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 1931 flamingo

Had wooden block floor at PWA (Southington) in the assembly areas. When it got s l o w we would pull used safety wire out of the blocks. FWIW
Paul in CT

Had a wooden block floor in EH (experimental)
Favorite pass-time, silver solder a nail to quarter, hammer into floor then watch the fun,

T&A Flathead · 05-07-2014, 08:33 PM

Don't show that picture to OSHA , they will fine ford with interest.

I worked in an old AO Smith factory that supplied frames to ford and GM. We still had a dirt floor in parts of the factory. I guess it really wasn't dirt any more. It had soaked up so much hydraulic and cutting fluid.

Thanks for the picture.

05-06-2014, 05:28 PM	#2
hotrodA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rogersville, TN Posts: 797	Re: Frame Assembly at the Rouge circa 1934 Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Wonder what the press in the background was used for? Punching holes?

05-06-2014, 07:22 PM	#3
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,101	Re: Frame Assembly at the Rouge circa 1934 Likely to set the rivets the workers in the foreground are whacking into place. This was a workplace station that was very hard on one's hearing.

05-06-2014, 09:08 PM	#4
Ken Crans Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Highland,MI Posts: 1,196	Re: Frame Assembly at the Rouge circa 1934 They had a wooden floor to stand on which is good for working long hours.

05-07-2014, 06:21 PM	#5
1931 flamingo Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: new britain,ct 06052 Posts: 9,390	Re: Frame Assembly at the Rouge circa 1934 Had wooden block floor at PWA (Southington) in the assembly areas. When it got s l o w we would pull used safety wire out of the blocks. FWIW Paul in CT

05-07-2014, 08:33 PM	#7
T&A Flathead Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Pewaukee, WI (Milwaukee) Posts: 50	Re: Frame Assembly at the Rouge circa 1934 Don't show that picture to OSHA , they will fine ford with interest. I worked in an old AO Smith factory that supplied frames to ford and GM. We still had a dirt floor in parts of the factory. I guess it really wasn't dirt any more. It had soaked up so much hydraulic and cutting fluid. Thanks for the picture.