Foote-Burt Machine Boring Holes in Model T Motor Block, Ford Highland Park Plant, circa 1914
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Ford Motor Company's moving assembly line depended on highly specialized machines that performed specific tasks. This machine drilled 24 holes -- from three different directions -- in a Model T engine block. It was the 28th and final step in machining Ford engine cylinders. Machines like this ensured both quality and quantity in the production of Ford's components.
Ford Motor Company's moving assembly line depended on highly specialized machines that performed specific tasks. This machine drilled 24 holes -- from three different directions -- in a Model T engine block. It was the 28th and final step in machining Ford engine cylinders. Machines like this ensured both quality and quantity in the production of Ford's components.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1914
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.219
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in lower right front corner: 219.
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