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- Report regarding Ford Motor Company Participation in B-47 Wing Program, January 1951 - December 1952 - Boeing developed the B-47 Stratojet as a high-speed, high-altitude bomber capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Boeing subcontracted Ford Motor Company to manufacture the B-47's swept wings, and Ford built a plant near Kansas City, Missouri, for this purpose. More than 2,000 B-47 bombers were built from 1951-1957. Ford converted the Kansas City plant to manufacture motor vehicles in 1956.
- January 1951 - December 1952
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Report regarding Ford Motor Company Participation in B-47 Wing Program, January 1951 - December 1952
Boeing developed the B-47 Stratojet as a high-speed, high-altitude bomber capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Boeing subcontracted Ford Motor Company to manufacture the B-47's swept wings, and Ford built a plant near Kansas City, Missouri, for this purpose. More than 2,000 B-47 bombers were built from 1951-1957. Ford converted the Kansas City plant to manufacture motor vehicles in 1956.
- Chassis Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company Kansas City Assembly Plant, 1917 - In 1910, Ford Motor Company built its first branch assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Workers there completed final assembly of Model T chassis and bodies shipped from Ford's main Highland Park plant near Detroit, Michigan. Kansas City became the prototype for a network of branch assembly plants that Ford built around the country and ultimately around the world.
- 1917
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Chassis Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company Kansas City Assembly Plant, 1917
In 1910, Ford Motor Company built its first branch assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri. Workers there completed final assembly of Model T chassis and bodies shipped from Ford's main Highland Park plant near Detroit, Michigan. Kansas City became the prototype for a network of branch assembly plants that Ford built around the country and ultimately around the world.