Inside Ford Rouge Plant "B" Building during Eagle Boat Assembly, May 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

16 May 1918

Subject Date

16 May 1918

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.22110

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: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in