Re: Charcoal
Here is a poorly researched history of Ford Charcoal briquettes.
During the Iron Mountain days Ford made a lot of sawdust when making Station Wagon Bodies. Rather than waste the sawdust, Ford or one of his people compressed the sawdust into a briquette form, fired it in a kiln and a very useful charcoal briquette was invented. In addition to using these briquettes in the steel manufacturing process, Ford sold them complete with cooking grills thru his dealers. Ford later sold the process to a friend and the Kingsford Charcoal Co. was born and still exists to this day. If you tour a Kingsford plant today you can still see the Ford name on the old kilns.
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