Field survey notebooks series, 1915-1948 (bulk 1924-1938)

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Ford Motor Company. Building Construction Department. Field survey notebooks series, 1915-1948 (bulk 1924-1938)

Field survey notebooks series, 1915-1948 (bulk 1924-1938)

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The Field Survey Notebooks series is comprised of 5" x 7" pocket notebooks used by surveyors to record field measurements for various construction projects. The series consists of three subseries. The Non-Automotive Properties subseries 1918-1941 (6 card files), includes property surveys, land elevation measurements, sewer layouts, and street surveys for various properties owned by Henry and Edsel Ford and Ford Motor Company. Properties include the Botsford Inn, Dearborn Inn, Clinton Inn (now the Eagle Tavern at Greenfield Village), Edsel Ford's farm in Detroit, Dearborn area farms, Dearborn Country Club, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum (now part of The Henry Ford), and Ford's northern Michigan properties. The subseries also contains property surveys for various housing developments, including employee housing developments in the Maloney and Oakwood subdivisions in Dearborn, Michigan. It also includes additional property surveys for roads throughout Dearborn, the Ford Airport, and the Engineering Test Track. The Other Plants subseries, 1915-1944 (8 card files), is comprised of property surveys, building analyses, settlement measurements, sewer line layouts, and benchmark measurements for Ford's Highland Park Plant as well as manufacturing, assembly, and hydroelectric power plants for village industry facilities throughout Michigan including Adrian, Brooklyn, Dexter, Dundee, Flat Rock, Hudson Mills, Milan, Milford, Nankin Mills, Northville, Phoenixville, Pinckney, Rockwood, Saline, Sharon Hollow, Southfield, Waterford, and Ypsilanti. The Rouge River Plant subseries, 1915-1948 (41 card files), consists of property surveys, building layouts, settlement measurements, sewer and electrical layouts, railroad surveys, and benchmark measurements for plants and facilities making up the Rouge River Plant. Plants and facilities include the Blast Furnace, Steel Mill, Glass Plant, Turning Basin, Boat Docks, and Boat Slip. The subseries also includes the initial surveys for additional construction projects including the Tool and Die Building, Tire Plant, and Stamping Plant. Because of the geography of the Rouge River Plant, land settlement measurements make up the bulk of this subseries. Researchers should note that notebooks may contain additional information for buildings, plants, work sites, and construction projects beyond those listed in the inventory.

55 card files.

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