Wheelhouse on Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Dearborn," Rouge Plant, August 1932
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company's tugboat Dearborn was built in 1932 by Great Lakes Engineering. Eighty-five feet long and rated at 660 horsepower, it was smaller than other tugs in Ford's fleet. The Dearborn mostly worked inside the Ford Rouge plant's harbor, shuttling barges between the harbor and the Rouge River proper. Ford sold the Dearborn in 1946.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
29 August 1932
Subject Date
29 August 1932
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.57094.3
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 in
Width: 11 in
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