Workers Installing Pistons on Ford Model T Assembly Line at the Highland Park Plant, 1914
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Two critical ingredients in Ford Motor Company's moving assembly line were interchangeable parts and the subdivision of labor. Each piston was exactly like another, so that any piston would fit perfectly in any Model T engine. One worker did not make a whole engine -- or even a whole piston. Each worker performed one step in an assembly process.
Two critical ingredients in Ford Motor Company's moving assembly line were interchangeable parts and the subdivision of labor. Each piston was exactly like another, so that any piston would fit perfectly in any Model T engine. One worker did not make a whole engine -- or even a whole piston. Each worker performed one step in an assembly process.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1914
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.832
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
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