| 词条 | Ford Valve Plant |
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| name = Ford Valve Plant | nrhp_type = | image = FordValvePlantNorthvilleMi.JPG | caption = Ford Valve Plant. Note water wheel at extreme right. | location= 235 E. Main St., Northville, Michigan | coordinates = {{coord|42|25|56|N|83|28|40|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Michigan#USA | built = 1936 | architect = Albert Kahn | architecture = Art Deco | added = August 01, 1995 | area = {{convert|4|acre}} | governing_body = Private | refnum = 95000866[1] }} The Ford Valve Plant is a factory building located at 235 East Main Street in Northville, Michigan. The plant was built as part of Henry Ford's vision of decentralizing manufacturing and integrating it into rural communities.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] "Village Industries"{{main article|Village industries}}Northville's Valve Plant was the first of Henry Ford's "Village Industries" factories.[3] The Village industries were designed to bring the economic advantages of industrial jobs to rural communities through the establishment of decentralized, non-disruptive manufacturing plants.[2][3] In particular, Ford intended the Village Industries to stabilize the income of farmers who would otherwise have little winter income,[3][8] and he gave his workers leaves of absence to work their farms.[9] Over the span of the 1920s and 1930s, Ford established over thirty more Village Industries factories, making everything from copper welding rods to lamp assemblies to wheels.[3] The plants tended to be small, employing around 100 workers. As in Northville, all of the factories were built on a riverbank (many at the former site of gristmills), and utilized hydroelectric power.[3][4] HistoryHenry Ford purchased the property this building sits on in 1919.[2] The lot contained an old gristmill which was reconfigured into a valve manufacturing facility by moving machinery in from the Fordson and Highland Park plants.[5] Between 1919 and 1936, the plant manufactured over 180 million valves,[5] at a cost of less than half what it would be in the larger Highland Park plant.[6] In 1936, Ford replaced the mill with an Albert Kahn-designed factory building.[2] The building reflects the then-current industrial architecture, as well as hints of Art Deco in the brickwork and entryway styling[7] but still incorporated a water wheel.[2] The Village Industries program was discontinued in 1947, but the factory continued to produce valves.[2] The building was enlarged in 1956, and in 1969 over 150,000 valves were produced every day.[5] The plant continued operations until 1978, the longest lived of any former Village Industries factory,[2] and was later sold.[5] The building has been renovated into office space for use by design firms.[8] References1. ^1 {{NRISref|2009a}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web |url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/18956.htm|title= Ford Valve Plant|publisher= Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online|accessdate= May 26, 2010}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url=http://www.ford.com/about-ford/heritage/places/villageindustries/666-village-industries| title = Village Industries Program| publisher=Ford Motor Co.| accessdate=May 26, 2010}} 4. ^1 {{citation|title = The Public Image of Henry Ford: An American Folk Hero and His Company|last= Lewis |first = David L.|publisher = Wayne State University Press|year= 1976 |ISBN =0-8143-1892-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SudV13L6mkoC&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q&f=false|pages=162–163}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{citation|title = Northville Michigan|last= Louie |first=Barbara G. |publisher = Arcadia Publishing| year= 2001 |ISBN = 0-7385-2359-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmqCEa44ugAC&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|title = Village Industries Prove Real Success; Solve Big Problem| author = Henry Ford|author2=Samuel Crowther|newspaper = The Milwaukee Sentinel|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=83obAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yE4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3487,501177|date=May 12, 1926|page=4}} 7. ^{{cite web| title=Ford Valve Plant (Northville)|last=Farley|first=Ren|publisher=detroit1701.com|accessdate=May 26, 2010}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=HKS Detroit Office Relocates|publisher=dBusiness.com|url=http://www.dbusiness.com/DBusiness/May-June-2009/HKS-Detroit-Office-Relocates/|accessdate=May 27, 2010}} Further reading
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