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Chassis Assembly Line at the Highland Park Plant, 1914

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Artifact Overview

Photo taken near the end of the Model T assembly line at the Highland Park Plant, 1914. Radiators, assembled elsewhere in the same building, were conveyed to an overhead platform and slid down ramps. Wheels, with tires mounted and inflated, rolled down chutes from the upper levels of the building. Workers installed both on chassis pulled along by moving chains.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1914

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.895

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in