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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 ...
This photo shows one of the earliest automotive assembly lines developed by Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company engineers. At the Highland Park plant, Ford employees install an engine in a Model T ...
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.
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.
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford, the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, reviews family memorabilia for the centennial celebration of the Model T at the historic Piquette Plant.
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.
Ford assembly line, 1913. The magneto assembly line was the first. [16] [17] 1913 Experimenting with the mounting body on Model T chassis. Ford tested various assembly methods to optimize the procedures before permanently installing the equipment. The actual assembly line used an overhead crane to mount the body.