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- Stamping Presses in the Ford Plant in Buffalo, New York, April 1952 - Ford Motor Company opened a stamping plant in Buffalo, New York, in 1950. The facility produced sheet metal stampings and welded sub-assembly components for other Ford factories. The Buffalo Stamping Plant was expanded several times over the years. By the 2020s, its floor space had doubled from an initial 1.2 million square feet to more than 2.4 million square feet.

- April 17, 1952
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Stamping Presses in the Ford Plant in Buffalo, New York, April 1952
Ford Motor Company opened a stamping plant in Buffalo, New York, in 1950. The facility produced sheet metal stampings and welded sub-assembly components for other Ford factories. The Buffalo Stamping Plant was expanded several times over the years. By the 2020s, its floor space had doubled from an initial 1.2 million square feet to more than 2.4 million square feet.
- 1000 Ton Press for Making Composition Door Panels, Ford Rouge Plant Tool and Die Building, 1939 - Ford Motor Company constructed a new tool-and-die building at its massive Rouge factory complex in 1938. The employees who staffed the completed building were among the most skilled workers at the Rouge. They designed, built, and repaired the highly specialized tools and machines used throughout the plant. Many learned their crafts at the Henry Ford Trade School.

- April 10, 1939
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1000 Ton Press for Making Composition Door Panels, Ford Rouge Plant Tool and Die Building, 1939
Ford Motor Company constructed a new tool-and-die building at its massive Rouge factory complex in 1938. The employees who staffed the completed building were among the most skilled workers at the Rouge. They designed, built, and repaired the highly specialized tools and machines used throughout the plant. Many learned their crafts at the Henry Ford Trade School.
- Stamping Presses at the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, circa 1913 - The Highland Park Ford Plant, designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn, was the second production facility for the Model T. With facilities for casting, machining, stamping (shown here), assembly, and shipping, Highland Park was a comprehensive manufacturing complex. It was here that Henry Ford would perfect the assembly line process, institute the Five Dollar Day, and become world famous.

- circa 1913
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Stamping Presses at the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, circa 1913
The Highland Park Ford Plant, designed by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn, was the second production facility for the Model T. With facilities for casting, machining, stamping (shown here), assembly, and shipping, Highland Park was a comprehensive manufacturing complex. It was here that Henry Ford would perfect the assembly line process, institute the Five Dollar Day, and become world famous.