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- Assembling Universal Carriers, Ford Motor Company Somerville Plant, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1943 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants near major cities throughout the United States. The company's Somerville, Massachusetts, plant opened in 1926. It replaced an earlier Boston-area facility in Cambridge. During World War II, employees at Somerville Assembly built Universal Carrier tracked vehicles for Allied forces. Ford closed the factory in 1958.
- July 09, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Assembling Universal Carriers, Ford Motor Company Somerville Plant, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1943
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants near major cities throughout the United States. The company's Somerville, Massachusetts, plant opened in 1926. It replaced an earlier Boston-area facility in Cambridge. During World War II, employees at Somerville Assembly built Universal Carrier tracked vehicles for Allied forces. Ford closed the factory in 1958.