Ford River Rouge Complex
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![Interior of the Rouge Tool & Die works, 1944](/Images/godic/202502/08/River_Rouge_tool_and_die8b00276r0948.jpg")
![Lake freighters maneuver in the canal to unload ore at the plant, 1973](/Images/godic/202502/08/RIVER_ROUGE_PLANT_OF_THE_FORD_MOTOR_COMPANY_COVERS_1200_ACRES_OF_LAND_IN_DEARBORN_-_NARA_-_5497250948.jpg")
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The Ford River Rouge Complex (commonly known as the Rouge Complex or just The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the Rouge River, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island. Construction began in 1917, and when it was completed in 1928 it had become the largest integrated factory in the world.