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Ford Eagle Boats Part 2

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Eagle boat on lowering table, spectators, buildings - men carrying buckets of water drawn from hole in ice, filling barrels on horse-drawn sled, construction in background - men digging in ground along marker line - superstructure of very long building being erected, large steam shovel - steam shovels excavating, loading railroad cars with dirt - men kneading soft pliable material - interior of plant, worker attaching metal plating to keelson -worker cutting round hole in sheet of metal with acetylene torch - riveting gun in operation - crane lifting roof support section of superstructure of building to top of support beams - plant interior, boat under construction, workers - crane lifting large beam from railroad car, placing it on support structure. [1918]

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Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects

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Date
1918-01-01
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TRT
3:33