Ford Motor Company Ship "Henry Ford II" at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1949
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Henry Ford sited his new manufacturing complex on the newly dredged River Rouge to accommodate ships bringing in raw materials or taking on finished product for delivery. Desiring complete self-sufficiency at the Rouge, Ford assembled his own fleet of cargo carriers, ocean-going ships, barges, tugboats, and canal boats. This photograph shows Henry Ford II, a Ford Motor Company ore freighter launched in 1924.
Henry Ford sited his new manufacturing complex on the newly dredged River Rouge to accommodate ships bringing in raw materials or taking on finished product for delivery. Desiring complete self-sufficiency at the Rouge, Ford assembled his own fleet of cargo carriers, ocean-going ships, barges, tugboats, and canal boats. This photograph shows Henry Ford II, a Ford Motor Company ore freighter launched in 1924.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1949
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
United States, Michigan, Rouge River (river)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.4905
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in
Inscriptions
Typing on back of print reads: "Henry Ford II leaving Dearborn on first trip of season."
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