Phoenix Mill

Phoenix Mill (HM2IV3)

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N 42° 23.518', W 83° 28.089'

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Women in a Village Industry

Henry Ford wanted only women to work here
in this small factory, built in 1922 as one of his Village Industries. The women workers built electrical parts such as voltage meters, light switches and generator cutouts (a form of relay) for Ford automobiles and, during World War II in the 1940s, produced electrical wiring for M-7 machine gun directors and electrical parts for Universal Gun Carriers. With increased wartime work, their operation was transferred to the Willow Run Bomber Plant, and they became some of the first "Rosie the Riviters".

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Women working at Phoenix Plant had to be single or widowed, wear dresses to work, and could not smoke.
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HM NumberHM2IV3
Series This marker is part of the series
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Placed ByMotorCities National Heritage Area, National Park Service
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 296847 N 4696248
Decimal Degrees42.39196667, -83.46815000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 23.518', W 83° 28.089'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 23' 31.08" N, 83° 28' 5.3399999999999" W
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