Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
River Rouge (/ r ɪ ˈ v ɜːr r uː ʒ /, French: Rivière Rouge, lit. 'red river') is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] The population was 7,224 at the 2020 census. [4] The city is named after the River Rouge, which flows along the city's northern border and into the Detroit River.
River Rouge in Dearborn. The Southfield Freeway bridge is shown. The River Rouge is a 127-mile (204 kilometer) [3] river in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan.It flows into the Detroit River at Zug Island, which is the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit.
Aerial view of the Rouge complex in 1927. The Ford River Rouge complex (commonly known as the Rouge complex, River Rouge, or The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island.
The Rouge watershed is defined by its clay-rich soil, which functions as a natural impervious surface. [6] In the early 20th century, Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company drastically changed the landscape of the River Rouge, building the massive Rouge complex downstream in the 1910s and 20s. In parallel with his massive developments downstream ...
Zug Island, viewed from the Detroit River in May 2021. Zug Island is a heavily industrialized island within the city of River Rouge at the southern city limits of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located where the mouth of the River Rouge spills into the Detroit River.
River Rouge Power Plant: River Rouge: 840: One unit retired 2008, one in 2015, the last in 2021. [16] [17] S.D. Warren Power Plant: Muskegon: 51: Closed in 2009. Shiras Station: Marquette: 78: Closed in 2018. [18] St. Clair Power Plant: St. Clair: 1378: Closed in May 2022. [19] Largest power plant in the world in 1969. Trenton Channel Power ...
GLEW announced the purchase of a second shipyard in Ecorse, Michigan in 1903 which later became the River Rouge yard, named after its location on the River Rouge. [1] [2] [3] The GLEW again expanded in 1905 when it acquired the Columbia Iron Works in St. Clair, Michigan, and in 1912 when operations began at their Ashtabula shipyard in Ohio. [1]
The West Jefferson Avenue–Rouge River Bridge is a historic double-leaf bascule bridge in Wayne County, Michigan, at the border of the cities of Detroit and River Rouge.The bridge carries Jefferson Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Southwest Detroit, over the River Rouge, an important inland route for lake freighters.