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- Stern of Ford Tugboat "Barrallton" Towing Salvage Ship, January 11, 1927 - 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>Barrallton</em>, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- January 11, 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Stern of Ford Tugboat "Barrallton" Towing Salvage Ship, January 11, 1927
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 Barrallton, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- Ford Tugboat "Barrallton" Drydocked at Great Lakes Shipping Corporation Ship Yard, November 6, 1944 - 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>Barrallton</em>, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- November 06, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Tugboat "Barrallton" Drydocked at Great Lakes Shipping Corporation Ship Yard, November 6, 1944
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 Barrallton, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Barrallton" in Open Water, 1926 - 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>Barrallton</em>, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.
- March 10, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Barrallton" in Open Water, 1926
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 Barrallton, initially guided ships to Ford's scrapping facilities or towed barges around the Great Lakes.