Final Assembly of Ford Model A Automobiles at the Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1930
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Artifact Overview
Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and processes. Here, line workers prepare Model A chassis on the assembly line. Ford's Model A was the first automobile fully built at the Rouge.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
18 June 1930
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.55341.1
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: 10.25 in
Inscriptions
In lower right front corner: 55341- No 1
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Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant had fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience in hand, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and assembly processes. Here, line workers prepare chassis on the assembly line before they are coupled with their respective bodies.