French Officers Inspecting Prototype Eagle Boat Being Built at the Ford Highland Park Plant, April 1918
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Artifact Overview
During World War I, Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy. Ford assembled the prototype boat at Highland Park and then moved it, on railroad flatcars, to the Rouge. The remaining Eagle hulls were constructed on site at the Rouge, but Ford continued to build the boats' turbine engines and propulsion systems at Highland Park.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
09 April 1918
Subject Date
09 April 1918
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.21459
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
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