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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph showing men manufacturing a keel for an Eagle Boat on wooden platform mounted on rails inside of the Ford River Rouge development. Small carts are in the background loaded with material. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22076-5-11-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print mounted on fabric depicting a Jeffery Dewitt Kiln under construction at the Champion Porcelain Co. Dated Nov-18-1921
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Champion Spark Plug Co.
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of progress made in the construction of Eagle Boat No. 44 within building "B" of the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex, as taken from above its starboard bow. Workers are perched atop the struts across the frame pieces near the bow and boards spanning the tops of the frames near the boat's midsection. An overhead crane lowers one of the bulkheads into place near the stern. Another Eagle Boat is under construction in the background. Shelves and crates of materials are in the adjacent aisle on the left, and coat racks, shelves, and piles of materials are along the wall on the right. "#44 11:32 A.M. 25865-2-20-19," is printed in the lower left corner of the recto. The photo is mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting equipment in the product testing laboratory at the Champion Spark Plug Co. Caption on verso reads, "Product Testing Laboratory. From left to right are shown an impact testing machine from completely assembled spark plugs, an intermittent heat shock testing device, a modified Olsen tensile strength machine, the electric furnace and recorders for determining the temperature-electrical resistivity curve for assembled spark plugs, and a falling-weight impact tester for cores."
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Champion Spark Plug Co.
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting plates being attached to the keel of Eagle Boat No. 3, viewed from above looking bow to stern, at the Ford River Rouge Complex. Additional material is laying on floor. Workers are present. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22247-5-29-18 with a number 3 above the date. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph taken to document the effort to set a new record time for boat construction through the manufacture of Eagle Boat No. 59, within building "B" of the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex, as viewed from above the boat's port bow. Workers perched atop the hull are riveting and plating the deck. Scaffolding surrounds the sides of the hull. Lower left hand corner show number and date of photo: 26368-04-05-19 with a #59 written above. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print mounted on fabric depicting the cooling end of a Jeffery Dewitt Kiln under construction at the Champion Porcelain Co. Dated May 25th 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Champion Spark Plug Co.
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the manufacture of the "pattern" Eagle Boat, viewed from an elevetated position looking stern to bow, at the Ford Highland Park Factory. This boat served as the pattern for all other Eagle Boats to be manufactured at the Ford Rouge Complex. This boat, after completion, was then disassembled and each was part given a code number and then used as a template for the other Eagle Boats. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22482-6-19-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting workers installing plating to a keel during the manufacture of an Eagle Boat inside of the Ford River Rouge development. The foreground worker holds a rivet gun. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 2168-5-21-18 with a number 1 written above.. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting a worker an elevated wooden platform attaching plates to the stern of an Eagle Boat at the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. Two elevated work stations are on the port side of boat. The caption, "Plating at stern," is on the verso. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22473-6-18-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
