Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Barrallton" in Open Water, 1926
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Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the Barrallton, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the Barrallton, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
10 March 1926
Subject Date
1926
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.45792
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 11.125 in
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