Burley, Burt L.

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Student project director for Henry Ford Estate Fair Lane power plant renovation project in the late 1970s. With funding from the Institute of Electrical and Elctronics Engineers, Inc., University of Michigan Dearborn engineering students developed a plan to render the Dearborn plant, which was shut down in 1950 after the death of Clara Ford, operational again. Thomas Edison is said to have helped design the plant, which was built by Henry Ford in 1914.

From the description of Burt L. Burley papers 1970-1978. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 51267741

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creatorOf Burley, Burt L. Burt L. Burley papers 1970-1978. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
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associatedWith Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. person
associatedWith Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) corporateBody
associatedWith Ford, Henry, 1917-1987. person
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Michigan
Rouge, River (Mich. : River)
Michigan--Dearborn
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Buildings
Engineering
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Hydroelectric power plants
Landscape architecture
Power-plants
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Active 1970

Active 1978

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