Building Turbine Engines for Eagle Boats at the Ford Highland Park Plant, October 1918

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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

21 October 1918

Subject Date

21 October 1918

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.23418

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

Building Turbine Engines for Eagle Boats at the Ford Highland Park Plant, October 1918