Ford Model T Chassis on the Assembly Line at the Highland Park Plant, 1914
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Ford Motor Company began building magnetos on a crude moving assembly line in April 1913. Impressed by productivity gains, production managers refined the magneto line and expanded the moving assembly concept to other manufacturing processes. By April 1914, three parallel chassis assembly lines were operating, and workers could put together more than 1,200 chassis in eight hours.
Ford Motor Company began building magnetos on a crude moving assembly line in April 1913. Impressed by productivity gains, production managers refined the magneto line and expanded the moving assembly concept to other manufacturing processes. By April 1914, three parallel chassis assembly lines were operating, and workers could put together more than 1,200 chassis in eight hours.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1914
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.859
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Verso: [FORD ARCHIVES, HENRY FORD MUSEUM stamp] | Ford Model T chasis [sic] on rear wheel starting device at end of line 1914
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