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- Universal Milling Machine, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Henry Ford viewed national expositions as business opportunities <em>and</em> platforms for public education. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company spent more than $5 million to build and maintain an elaborate exposition space. Informative displays and manufacturing demonstrations inside Ford's massive fair building offered visitors an in-depth, entertaining, and educational look at industrial processes.
- August 07, 1939
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Universal Milling Machine, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Henry Ford viewed national expositions as business opportunities and platforms for public education. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, Ford Motor Company spent more than $5 million to build and maintain an elaborate exposition space. Informative displays and manufacturing demonstrations inside Ford's massive fair building offered visitors an in-depth, entertaining, and educational look at industrial processes.
- Ingersoll Milling Machine Used at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant - This machine milled the tops of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the tops of the blocks. Four of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.
- March 01, 1976
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Ingersoll Milling Machine Used at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant
This machine milled the tops of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the tops of the blocks. Four of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.
- Milling Machine at the Ford Highland Park Plant, circa 1912 - This machine milled the tops of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the tops of the blocks. Four of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.
- circa 1912
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Milling Machine at the Ford Highland Park Plant, circa 1912
This machine milled the tops of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the tops of the blocks. Four of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.
- Milling Machines in the Ford Highland Park Plant Machine Shop, circa 1912 - This machine milled the bottoms of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the bottoms of the blocks. Six of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.
- circa 1912
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Milling Machines in the Ford Highland Park Plant Machine Shop, circa 1912
This machine milled the bottoms of Model T engine cylinder blocks. Rough block castings were loaded into the machine 15 at a time. The castings were then moved under spinning cutters that shaped the bottoms of the blocks. Six of these machines were used in this operation at Ford's Highland Park plant.
- Ford Motor Company Glass Plate Negatives--Item 24 -
- November 23, 1916
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Ford Motor Company Glass Plate Negatives--Item 24
- Ingersoll Milling Machine Used at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1912 - The Model T's distinction as a landmark car design can be traced in large part to machines like this -- a high capacity precision machine tool that performed just two production steps on the car engine's cylinder block. The Model T as a <em>design</em> achievement is inseparable from many hundreds of engineering, materials, and production innovations.
- 1912
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Ingersoll Milling Machine Used at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1912
The Model T's distinction as a landmark car design can be traced in large part to machines like this -- a high capacity precision machine tool that performed just two production steps on the car engine's cylinder block. The Model T as a design achievement is inseparable from many hundreds of engineering, materials, and production innovations.