Ford River Rouge Complex, Dearborn, MI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Ford Rouge Complex is truly one of the "industrial wonders of the world." In 1915, Henry Ford bought 2000 acres along the Rouge River. Over the next decade, the complex would become the most complete car manufacturing facility in the world. In addition to the main assembly line, the complex included dock facilities, blast furnaces, open-hearth steel mills, foundries, a rolling mill, metal stamping facilities, an engine plant, a glass manufacturing building, a tire plant, and its own power house. At its peak during World war II, the facility employed over 120,000.

Although Ford has downsized operations at the complex over the years, the Rouge Center still remains Ford's largest facility with six Ford factories on 600 acres.

Tours of the facility are conducted in cooperation with the Henry Ford Museum. For more information, please visit their website listed below.

Street address: 3001 Miller Road Dearborn, MI United States 48126 County / Borough / Parish: Wayne Year listed: 1978 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1900-1974 Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation Current function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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