Liberty V-12 Model A Airplane Engine, Lincoln Motor Company, circa 1917
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Designed at the urging of the United States government, the 400-horsepower Liberty V-12 engine powered military aircraft during World War I. When General Motors head -- and pacifist -- Billy Durant wouldn't let Cadillac build the engine, Cadillac founder Henry Leland quit in protest, formed Lincoln Motor Company, and produced 6,500 of them. Packard, Ford, Marmon and Buick also built Liberty engines.
Designed at the urging of the United States government, the 400-horsepower Liberty V-12 engine powered military aircraft during World War I. When General Motors head -- and pacifist -- Billy Durant wouldn't let Cadillac build the engine, Cadillac founder Henry Leland quit in protest, formed Lincoln Motor Company, and produced 6,500 of them. Packard, Ford, Marmon and Buick also built Liberty engines.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1918
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1334.219
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.5 in
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