Testing Ford Model T Engines on Chassis outside the Highland Park Plant, 1914

Summary

Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant hummed with activity during the 1910s. With the mid-decade implementation of the moving assembly line, the plant went from building some 200,000 Model Ts in 1913 to more than 820,000 in 1919. Engines were tested as part of the manufacturing process.

Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant hummed with activity during the 1910s. With the mid-decade implementation of the moving assembly line, the plant went from building some 200,000 Model Ts in 1913 to more than 820,000 in 1919. Engines were tested as part of the manufacturing process.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1914

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.850

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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