The morning started with our tour of the Ford Rouge Factory. They make F-150 trucks in this plant.
Photography was very limited inside their assembly plant. The tour consists of five areas within the plant; however, photos were only allowed in two of those areas. The first stop was a short movie about the history of Ford. The second stop was in an area with screens located around the room & a lot of high-tech video production depicting the engineering & innovation within their company. The picture below is from the third area we visited; it highlights Ford's dedication to using more green energy & their drive to make a positive impact on the environment. (See the vegetation on the roof? Apparently, those plants keep the plant 10 degrees warmer in the winter & 10 degrees cooler in the summer.)
The fourth area was around a cat-walk within the actual assembly plant itself. Sorry, but absolutely no pictures were allowed to be taken there. It was really an interesting place to visit, so I would highly recommend visiting. (However, just remember to put the lens cap on your camera before you enter.)
The pictures below are from the fifth area. It is really a lobby located near the exit to the building. Sorry for the quality of these pictures, but I had to take them quickly. There was a school field trip with children scurrying around, so it was difficult to take pictures without little people in the shot.
We left the plant tour to visit Greenfield Village.
Susan volunteered to be a (short-term) apprentice in the printing office. She is using the printing press in this picture.
This is a light bulb was in the Thomas Edison building.
The following pictures are from the Greenfield Village Roundhouse. These trains are all working steam engines.
Tommy & Danny are under the steam engine - checking out the mechanical workings of this machine.
This was the last Model T which came off the assembly line; it was the fifteen millionth Ford to be manufactured.
This steam engine is getting ready to leave the station.
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