Chassis Assembly Line at the Highland Park Plant, 1914
THF109219 / 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
Place of Creation
Collection Title
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
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