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The East Indian was a Ford owned boat, it was bought in 1925 for $80,000 and was coal fired, but underwent conversion to diesel. This boat made several trips overseas and to various assembly plants stateside. It did sink in 1942. (This came from "Rouge pictured in it's prime by Ford Bryan. A most excellent book)
The first photo shows the East Indian unloading Model T's in the 1920's.
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