Construction of Ford Tri-Motor 14-AT Showing Center Hispano Suiza Engine, January 1932

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's Tri-Motor, built from 1926-1933, flew in many early American airline fleets. The all-metal airplane was rugged, dependable, and equally adaptable to passenger and freight service. Tri-Motors were built with some of the same mass production techniques used in Ford's automobile plants. This version, the 14-AT, featured three Hispano-Suiza Engines. This photograph reveals the interior of the central engine.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

05 January 1932

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.56765.1

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: 11.25 in

Construction of Ford Tri-Motor 14-AT Showing Center Hispano Suiza Engine, January 1932