Fordson Island
Fordson Island is an 8.4-acre artificial island in the River Rouge, in southeast Michigan. It was created by the Ford Motor Company in 1918, while dredging the River Rouge, and the land was donated to Springwells Township by Henry Ford.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 570 feet (180 metres)
- Description: island in the United States of America
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Fordson Island
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Latitude
42.29387° or 42° 17′ 38″ north
Longitude
-83.14755° or 83° 8′ 51″ west
Open location code
86JR7VV2+GX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
“Fordson Island” goes by many names.
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