Ford Model T Assembly Line, Body Drop onto Chassis, Highland Park Plant, 1926

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's assembly line included a series of separate manufacturing processes. Engines were put together in one line. Chassis were built up in another. Bodies were assembled in their own line. These lines then flowed into the final assembly line where the major components were combined into complete automobiles. During the body drop, workers attached bodies to chassis.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

24 March 1926

Subject Date

24 March 1926

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.46182

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

sticker on back: Jervis B. Webb Co. / WEBB DRIVE, / FARMINGTON HILLS, MI. 48018 / 13029-5
Ford Model T Assembly Line, Body Drop onto Chassis, Highland Park Plant, 1926