Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
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Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
Constructed in Greenfield Village, this building was an experimental soybean research laboratory during the 1930s. Henry Ford was looking for ways that farmers could use crops for industrial purposes, especially in the manufacture of car parts. Special equipment was designed here to process soybeans into oil and meal. Today, this building houses agricultural implements from the museum's collections.
Artifact
Laboratory
Date Made
1929
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Working Farms District
Object ID
29.3051.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Glass (Material)
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