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SS Coralia Transporting Automobiles from Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, March 1937 - The Coralia, originally launched in 1896 as a Great Lakes bulk freighter, was converted into an auto carrier in the late 1920s. This photograph shows the Coralia towed by the Ford Motor Company's tugboat Dearborn. The Dearborn worked mainly in the Ford Rouge plant's harbor, shuttling barges between the harbor and the Rouge River proper.
March 03, 1937
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SS Coralia Transporting Automobiles from Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, March 1937
The Coralia, originally launched in 1896 as a Great Lakes bulk freighter, was converted into an auto carrier in the late 1920s. This photograph shows the Coralia towed by the Ford Motor Company's tugboat Dearborn. The Dearborn worked mainly in the Ford Rouge plant's harbor, shuttling barges between the harbor and the Rouge River proper.