Ingersoll Milling Machine Used at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant
THF144975 / Ingersoll Milling Machine Used at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant
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Artifact Overview
This machine milled the tops of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the tops of the blocks. Four of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
March 1976
Subject Date
1912-1931
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.N.B.73641
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in
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articleThe Henry Ford’s Ingersoll Milling Machine and Mass Production at Highland Park
The Ingersoll Milling Machine is exhibited in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation as the only survivor of the custom-designed high-production machine tools used at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park Plant to produce Model Ts.