Workers Installing Tires on Ford Model T Assembly Line at Highland Park Plant, circa 1925
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Artifact Overview
Ford constantly tweaked Model T assembly lines at its Highland Park plant for efficiency. In 1914, wheels and radiators were conveyed to a platform and slid down ramps for installation on the same line. By 1925, wheels (with tires already mounted and inflated) were conveyed directly to workers, who installed them on both sides of the chassis at once.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1925
Creators
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by/for Jervis B. Webb Company of Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.N.O.6522.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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