Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Giant Engraver Cuts 1941 Ford Roof Die -- One of the scores of specialized tools in the Ford Motor Company's new tool and die shop, Dearborn, Mich., is this automatic engraving machine, largest of its kind, shown here shaping the contour of a big steel roof die for the 1941 Ford Motor car. Tools and dies for every department in the Ford Rouge plant are produced in the now sight-acre building which houses $3,000,000 worth of machine tools like this one.
Giant Engraver Cuts 1941 Ford Roof Die -- One of the scores of specialized tools in the Ford Motor Company's new tool and die shop, Dearborn, Mich., is this automatic engraving machine, largest of its kind, shown here shaping the contour of a big steel roof die for the 1941 Ford Motor car. Tools and dies for every department in the Ford Rouge plant are produced in the now sight-acre building which houses $3,000,000 worth of machine tools like this one.
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Giant Engraver Cuts 1941 Ford Roof Die -- One of the scores of specialized tools in the Ford Motor Company's new tool and die shop, Dearborn, Mich., is this automatic engraving machine, largest of its kind, shown here shaping the contour of a big steel roof die for the 1941 Ford Motor car. Tools and dies for every department in the Ford Rouge plant are produced in the now sight-acre building which houses $3,000,000 worth of machine tools like this one.

[ca. September 1940]

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[Information from item housing] Machinery ... Large + Small

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