Test Driving a Ford Model T Chassis at the Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
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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. Assembled chassis were started and tested as part of the manufacturing process, as seen in this photograph taken about 1913.
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. Assembled chassis were started and tested as part of the manufacturing process, as seen in this photograph taken about 1913.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1913
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.405
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 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
On front: 405 On back: [FORD ARCHIVES, HENRY FORD MUSEUM stamp] | Ford chasis [sic] off assembly line for test drive ca. 1913
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