Progress on Prototype Eagle Patrol Boat, Ford Highland Park Plant Craneway, March 1918
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During World War I, Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy. Ford assembled the prototype boat at Highland Park and then moved it, on railroad flatcars, to the Rouge. The remaining Eagle hulls were constructed on site at the Rouge, but Ford continued to build the boats' turbine engines and propulsion systems at Highland Park.
During World War I, Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy. Ford assembled the prototype boat at Highland Park and then moved it, on railroad flatcars, to the Rouge. The remaining Eagle hulls were constructed on site at the Rouge, but Ford continued to build the boats' turbine engines and propulsion systems at Highland Park.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
27 March 1918
Subject Date
27 March 1918
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.21664
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: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
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