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Page 98 The S.S. WILLIAM CLAY FORD was built in 1953 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan. She spent her entire sailing career with the Ford Motor Company fleet until she was withdrawn from service after the 1984 shipping season when Rouge Steel, a subsidiary of Ford Motor, purchased the two remaining self-unloaders from Cleveland-Cliffs. On August 21, 1986, the pilothouse was removed from the vessel at the Detroit Marine Terminal in the Rouge River. Before the shipping season ended, the hull would be towed to Port Colborne and cut up for scrap. In order to install the 30-foot by 30-foot steel and glass pilothouse at the museum, detailed plans were needed. Early drillings on the museum grounds showed that supporting the pilothouse would require driving pilings deep down. Pilothouse Kadar units still intact and in working condition. stored at Detroit Marine Terminal Later drilling tests would produce a surprise. In front of the museum, along the river, the old foundations of the J. T. WING were discovered. This would allow the plans to be changed and the money saved would be considerable. A cement pad was poured, allowing the roof of the pilothouse to be the same height at the museum's roof. Visitors to the pilothouse enter the lower area to study the history of the WM. CLAY