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- Ford Rouge Plant "A" Building, First Structure of the Eagle Boat Factory, March 1918 - Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ford assembled the boats, using mass production techniques, at a new plant near the mouth of the Rouge River. The factory consisted of three primary buildings. The "A" Building was where steel sheets were cut to size and punched in preparation for riveting.
- March 22, 1918
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Ford Rouge Plant "A" Building, First Structure of the Eagle Boat Factory, March 1918
Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ford assembled the boats, using mass production techniques, at a new plant near the mouth of the Rouge River. The factory consisted of three primary buildings. The "A" Building was where steel sheets were cut to size and punched in preparation for riveting.
- Interior of Ford Rouge Plant "A" Building, May 1918 - Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ford assembled the boats, using mass production techniques, at a new plant near the mouth of the Rouge River. The factory consisted of three primary buildings. The "A" Building was where steel sheets were cut to size and punched in preparation for riveting.
- May 04, 1918
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Interior of Ford Rouge Plant "A" Building, May 1918
Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ford assembled the boats, using mass production techniques, at a new plant near the mouth of the Rouge River. The factory consisted of three primary buildings. The "A" Building was where steel sheets were cut to size and punched in preparation for riveting.
- "Report of Progress of Ships," May 1, 1918 - During World War I, Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy at its Rouge plant, using mass production techniques Ford developed for automobiles. The Navy's design changes, insufficient worker training, and Ford's inexperience with boats all hampered early production but, by spring 1919, the automaker could build a complete Eagle in just ten days.
- May 01, 1918
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"Report of Progress of Ships," May 1, 1918
During World War I, Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy at its Rouge plant, using mass production techniques Ford developed for automobiles. The Navy's design changes, insufficient worker training, and Ford's inexperience with boats all hampered early production but, by spring 1919, the automaker could build a complete Eagle in just ten days.
- Staking out Site of Ford Rouge Plant "A" Building, First Structure of the Eagle Boat Factory, February 1918 - Henry Ford began buying land near the mouth of the Rouge River in 1915. Ford was thinking of future expansion. His new property was on level ground, near multiple railroad lines, and -- after dredging -- within navigable reach of the Detroit River and the Great Lakes. In 1918, the site became home to Ford's Eagle anti-submarine patrol boat factory.
- February 20, 1918
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Staking out Site of Ford Rouge Plant "A" Building, First Structure of the Eagle Boat Factory, February 1918
Henry Ford began buying land near the mouth of the Rouge River in 1915. Ford was thinking of future expansion. His new property was on level ground, near multiple railroad lines, and -- after dredging -- within navigable reach of the Detroit River and the Great Lakes. In 1918, the site became home to Ford's Eagle anti-submarine patrol boat factory.
- Interior of "A" Building at Ship Plant Showing Presses for Fabrication Work on Eagle Boats, May 1918 - Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ford assembled the boats, using mass production techniques, at a new plant near the mouth of the Rouge River. The factory consisted of three primary buildings. The "A" Building was where steel sheets were cut to size and punched in preparation for riveting.
- May 04, 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Interior of "A" Building at Ship Plant Showing Presses for Fabrication Work on Eagle Boats, May 1918
Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ford assembled the boats, using mass production techniques, at a new plant near the mouth of the Rouge River. The factory consisted of three primary buildings. The "A" Building was where steel sheets were cut to size and punched in preparation for riveting.