Drawing, "Top Support Wing Nut Seat Evangeline Boat," April 11, 1927
THF403525 / Drawing, "Top Support Wing Nut Seat Evangeline Boat," April 11, 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
11 April 1927
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.1.1701.1.RD.31.04111927
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
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