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- Ford Barge "Lake Benbow" Unloading Ties at Somerville Branch, January 11, 1928 - Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Most of these ships were scrapped. But a few, like the <em>Lake Benbow</em>, were refitted into ocean-going freighters. The freighters transported parts and supplies between Ford facilities located in cities along the American seaboard and to the Ford plant in Manchester, England.
- January 11, 1928
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Ford Barge "Lake Benbow" Unloading Ties at Somerville Branch, January 11, 1928
Henry Ford purchased 199 surplus World War I merchant ships from the United States government in 1925. Most of these ships were scrapped. But a few, like the Lake Benbow, were refitted into ocean-going freighters. The freighters transported parts and supplies between Ford facilities located in cities along the American seaboard and to the Ford plant in Manchester, England.
- Ford Motor Company Somerville Assembly Plant, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1933 - 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.
- August 09, 1933
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Ford Motor Company Somerville Assembly Plant, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1933
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.
- 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
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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.
- Ford Motor Company Branch in Somerville, Massachusetts, July 19, 1944 - 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 19, 1944
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Ford Motor Company Branch in Somerville, Massachusetts, July 19, 1944
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.