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An inlet from the river allowed entry for the "Callie B", Mrs. Ford's mahogany
electric boat. Mr. Ford feared for Mrs. Ford's safety on the river
and he often reminded Williams, a house servant, to be alert in case Mrs. Ford fell overboard. Williams
hoped that wouldn't happen for more than one reason; he was reluctant to tell Mr.
Ford that he couldn't swim either.
The
channel leading from the Boat House to the Rouge River was filled in during the early 1950s due to raw sewage and pollution from the up river communities. Slag from the Rouge Complex was used to fill in the channel.
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ust a few yards northwest of the
residence, on the banks of the Rouge
River, stands the Boathouse. Its exterior of
horizontal bands of rock was designed to
match the strata levels of
the a native
rock garden located next to it.
