Assembling the First Eagle Boat in the Ford Ship Plant (Rouge Plant "B" Building), June 1918
THF270317 / Assembling the First Eagle Boat in the Ford Ship Plant (Rouge Plant "B" Building), June 1918
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ford assembled the boats at a new plant near the mouth of the Rouge River. The complex consisted of three primary buildings. The "B" Building, the factory's heart, housed three production lines on which as many as 21 Eagles could be under construction at once.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
13 June 1918
Subject Date
13 June 1918
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.22433
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: 7.375 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten into image lower right corner: 22433 6-13-18
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SetBuilding Eagle Boats at the Rouge
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Over the years, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge factory turned out everything from tractors to cars to pickup trucks. But its first products had no wheels at all. From May 1918 to October 1919, Ford built 60 "Eagle" anti-submarine patrol boats at the Rouge. World War I ended before any of the Eagles saw action, but they proved that even warships could be made on an assembly line.