Eagle Boat Being Launched at the Ford Rouge Plant, August 1919
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
15 August 1918
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.27533
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: 8 in
Width: 10.25 in
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