Print, Photographic

Black and white photo of the Ford Motor Company Marine Division freighter BENSON FORD turning on the Detroit River toward the mouth of the Rouge River, as taken off of its port side. The Ambassador Bridge, and Detroit's downtown skyline are visible in the distant background. A handwritten note is on the verso:

Neg. #24
Detroit River
July 1974
M/V BENSON FORD
Bulk Freighter Built - 1924
Ford Motor Co., Marine Div.
Dearborn, Mich.
O.A.L. 612' Beam 62' Depth 32' Capacity 13,640 L.T.
The Benson Ford Loaded with Coal turning into the Rouge River
Built - Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, Mich.