2500 Horsepower Steam Turbine Engine Used in Eagle Boats, Ford Motor Company, October 1918
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The first vehicles built at Ford Motor Company's Rouge factory weren't automobiles but boats. These Eagle boats were designed to challenge German submarines during World War I, but they saw only limited action before the armistice. Each Eagle was powered by one of these 2,500-horsepower steam-turbine engines. Sixty Eagles were produced between May 1918 and October 1919.
The first vehicles built at Ford Motor Company's Rouge factory weren't automobiles but boats. These Eagle boats were designed to challenge German submarines during World War I, but they saw only limited action before the armistice. Each Eagle was powered by one of these 2,500-horsepower steam-turbine engines. Sixty Eagles were produced between May 1918 and October 1919.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
28 October 1918
Subject Date
28 October 1918
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.23873
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: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in
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