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Title
Henry Ford's Vision for Muscle Shoals
Subject
Colbert County, Alabama; Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Henry Ford
Description
Henry Ford, in 1921, wanted to buy the unfinished Wilson Dam and two nitrate plants in Muscle Shoals. The United States government was willing to sell both to a private company with the intention of producing nitrate fertilizer.
Ford's dream was to develop North Alabama in the same way that he had developed Detroit, Michigan.
The dream died but two streets in Muscle Shoals -- Ford and Edison -- are a reminder of Ford's desire to build a seventy mile city in North Alabama.
Ford's dream was to develop North Alabama in the same way that he had developed Detroit, Michigan.
The dream died but two streets in Muscle Shoals -- Ford and Edison -- are a reminder of Ford's desire to build a seventy mile city in North Alabama.
Creator
Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama
Source
Swigger, Jessie. History is Bunk: Assembling the Past at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Massachusetts, 2014.
Publisher
Alabama Cultural Resource Survey
Contributor
Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama
Rights
Photo courtesy of the Huntsville Times archives.
Type
Still Image and Text