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INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE: Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn Assembly Plant is seen from the automaker's observation tower. For 56 years, hundreds of thousands of people annually toured Ford Motor Co.'s 600-acre complex to witness the miracle of automotive production: iron ore, coal and rubber entering one side of the site, shiny new cars rolling out the other. The automaker will resume the long-anticipated tours as it shows off a $2 billion refurbishment of the Rouge, once the world's largest industrial complex.
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FAMOUS WHEELS: Members of the media look over five of Ford Motor Co.'s most famous vehicles built at the company's historic Rouge industrial site during a tour of the facility.
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SUB HUNTER: The first Eagle boat made at Ford Motor Co.'s Rouge industrial site makes its entrance in this undated photo provided by the automaker. Sixty of these were produced for hunting submarines, beginning in 1918.
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EARLY MODEL: Ford Motor Co.'s 1928 Model A sedan, shown in this photo provided by the automaker, was produced at the Rouge industrial complex in Dearborn, Mich.
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THE BIG PICTURE: A 1952 aerial photo showing the Ford Motor Co. sign on the Dearborn Assembly Plant is shown in this photo provided by the automaker. Part history class, part museum tour, excursions to the revived historic Rouge industrial site provide a glimpse of the auto company Henry Ford founded 101 years ago and a taste of how it helped change society.