Craneway at Ford Highland Park Plant, circa 1914
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Ford Motor Company opened its Highland Park plant in 1910, where it built most of its Model Ts, developed its moving assembly line, and instituted its Five Dollar Day. In 1914, Ford opened two new six-story buildings connected by a glass-covered craneway. Supplies delivered by railroad could be unloaded by crane and lifted to any floor of either building.
Ford Motor Company opened its Highland Park plant in 1910, where it built most of its Model Ts, developed its moving assembly line, and instituted its Five Dollar Day. In 1914, Ford opened two new six-story buildings connected by a glass-covered craneway. Supplies delivered by railroad could be unloaded by crane and lifted to any floor of either building.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1914
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.1434
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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