Phoenix Mill

Phoenix Mill
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

factory line
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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

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