Search
- Interior of Ford Tugboat "Barlow," June 8, 1932 - Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the <em>Barlow</em>, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- June 08, 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of Ford Tugboat "Barlow," June 8, 1932
Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the Barlow, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- Ship Kitchen on Ford Tugboat "Barlow," June 8, 1932 - Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the <em>Barlow</em>, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- June 08, 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Ship Kitchen on Ford Tugboat "Barlow," June 8, 1932
Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the Barlow, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Barlow" at Dock, 1932 - Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the <em>Barlow</em>, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- June 08, 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Barlow" at Dock, 1932
Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Many of these ships were scrapped at Ford's River Rouge Plant. The rest operated as part of a fleet of vessels transporting products and materials as part of Ford's operation. Tugboats, like the Barlow, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.