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A 1913 photograph of the first automotive component assembly line. Employees at the Ford Highland Park plant assemble Model T flywheel magnetos by adding parts and then pushing the component down ...
On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan. [ 30 ] Henry Ford conceived a series of cars between the founding of the company in 1903 and the introduction of the Model T. Ford named his first car the Model A and proceeded through the alphabet up through ...
On October 7, 1913, the Highland Park Ford Plant became the first automobile production facility in the world to implement the moving assembly line. [6] [7] The new assembly line improved production time of the Model T from 728 to 93 minutes. [8] The Highland Park assembly line lowered the price of the Model T from $700 (equivalent to $22,890 ...
It was so inexpensive at $825 in 1908 ($27,980 today), with the price falling every year, that by the 1920s, a majority of American drivers had learned to drive on the Model T. [20] [21] Ford assembly line, 1913. Ford created a huge publicity machine in Detroit to ensure every newspaper carried stories and ads about the new product.
Clara Ford, right, drives a 1905 Model N with Merle Clarkson in front of the three-story brick factory shown in 1905 that from late 1904 to 1910 was the home of Ford Motor Co.
Celebrating the Model T has become part of the family business and why not as it is THE vehicle that put Ford on the map. Every time the Model T has celebrated a big anniversary of its debut ...
The restored office of Henry Ford in the Piquette Avenue Plant. Note the birdwatching telescope on the right. The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant was sold to the Model T Automotive Heritage Complex in April 2000. [21] Model T Automotive Heritage Complex is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has run the building as a museum since July 27, 2001.
The old assembly plant was idled with the construction and launch of a new assembly facility on the Miller Road side of the complex, currently producing Ford F-150 pickup trucks. The River Rouge complex manufactured most of the components of Ford vehicles, starting with the Model T.