Drawing, "Bracket Support for Outboard Engine on Boat Evangeline," 1924-1927

THF403495 / Drawing, "Bracket Support for Outboard Engine on Boat Evangeline," 1924-1927 / inverted, exposure corrected
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Artifact Overview

In 1924, Henry Ford took delivery of a 33-foot boat built by John Hacker's Hacker Boat Company of Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Additional work was done by Ford's own engineers at Ford Motor Company. The wooden boat, named Evangeline, was powered by a 450-horsepower Liberty V-12 airplane engine, like those Ford Motor produced for the Allies in World War I.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Technical drawing

Subject Date

1924-1927

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

86.1.1701.1.RD.20

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 70 mm
Width: 95 mm