Phoenix Mill

Phoenix Mill was part of Henry Ford's Village industries project and ran from 1922 to 1948 in Plymouth, Michigan.^[1]^: 162 Generator cutouts, voltage regulators, gauges and light switches for Ford vehicles were produced at the plant.^[1]^: 162

After the original gristmill burned down, Ford bought the site and commissioned Albert Kahn to design a new mill in 1921.^[1]^: 35 Ford intended the factory to run entirely on a hydroelectric generator.^[1]^: 37

The Phoenix Mill factory line in the early 1940s

Employees

Workers at Phoenix Mill were mostly women, with male maintenance workers and a male manager.^[1]^: 42 Before the union, women who were hired had to be single, widowed, or married with a husband who was not able to work.^[1]^: 41 Workers had limited breaks and were under pressure to keep optimum efficiency, but were paid the same or more than men who had similar jobs.^[1]^: 65

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Howard E. Segal (2005). Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford's Village Industries. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-55849-481-7.

Further Information

The University of Michigan-Dearborn Center for the Study of Automotive Heritage

42°23′33″N 83°28′1″W / 42.39250°N 83.46694°W / 42.39250; -83.46694

[Segal-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Howard E. Segal (2005). Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford's Village Industries. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-55849-481-7.

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