Eagle Boat #1 on Launching Trestle at the Ford Rouge Plant, July 11, 1918
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During the First World War, Ford built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats at a new plant on the Rouge River. The company assembled the boats on massive flatcars that rolled through the factory. Ford launched Eagles into the river with a hydraulic steel trestle that lowered each hull into the water like a giant elevator. The process took about 40 minutes.
During the First World War, Ford built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats at a new plant on the Rouge River. The company assembled the boats on massive flatcars that rolled through the factory. Ford launched Eagles into the river with a hydraulic steel trestle that lowered each hull into the water like a giant elevator. The process took about 40 minutes.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
11 July 1918
Subject Date
11 July 1918
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.22625
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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