Building Turbine Engines for Eagle Boats at the Ford Highland Park Plant, October 1918
THF270251 / Building Turbine Engines for Eagle Boats at the Ford Highland Park Plant, October 1918
01
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
Collection Title
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
Keywords |
|---|
02
Related Content
SetBuilding Eagle Boats at the Rouge
- 27 Artifacts
Over the years, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge factory turned out everything from tractors to cars to pickup trucks. But its first products had no wheels at all. From May 1918 to October 1919, Ford built 60 "Eagle" anti-submarine patrol boats at the Rouge. World War I ended before any of the Eagles saw action, but they proved that even warships could be made on an assembly line.