Testing Turbines and Reduction Gears for Eagle Boat Engines at Ford Rouge Plant, June 1919

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. While most of the work occurred in new facilities at the mouth of the Rouge River, Ford assembled the boats' turbine engines, boilers and propulsion systems at its Highland Park plant. The war ended before any of the Eagle patrol boats saw combat.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

13 June 1919

Subject Date

13 June 1919

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.25286

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