Ford Model T Assembly Line at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1914
THF115813 / Ford Model T Assembly Line at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1914
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company began building magnetos on a crude moving assembly line in April 1913. Impressed by productivity gains, production managers refined the magneto line and expanded the moving assembly concept to other manufacturing processes. By April 1914, three parallel chassis assembly lines were operating, and workers could put together more than 1,200 chassis in eight hours.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1914
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.380
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
On front:
380
On back, redundant original:
Model T Assembly Line Highland Park circa 1914
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