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July 9, 2011

The legendary Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan was for decades the captive steel producer for Ford, and still a big Ford supplier. Built in 1924 it is owned by the Russians--Severstal North America--- who invested over $1 billion to upgrade the plant.

SheelerCRougePlant .jpg Charles Sheeler, Criss-Crossed Conveyors, River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company, 1927

Sheelers' image of technological utopia became a monument to the transcendant power of industrial production in the 20th century in the USA. Rouge Steel fell on hard times after the Ford Motor Company spun it off in 1989 into an independent steel company.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 11:28 PM |