Chassis Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company Kansas City Assembly Plant, 1917
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In 1910, Ford Motor Company built its first branch assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Workers there completed final assembly of Model T chassis and bodies shipped from Ford's main Highland Park plant near Detroit, Michigan. Kansas City became the prototype for a network of branch assembly plants that Ford built around the country and ultimately around the world.
In 1910, Ford Motor Company built its first branch assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Workers there completed final assembly of Model T chassis and bodies shipped from Ford's main Highland Park plant near Detroit, Michigan. Kansas City became the prototype for a network of branch assembly plants that Ford built around the country and ultimately around the world.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1917
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.3311
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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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