Ingersoll Milling Machine Used at Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, 1912
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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.
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.
Artifact
Milling machine
Date Made
1912
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
31.671.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Cast iron
Brass (Alloy)
Technique
Casting (Process)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 96 in
Width: 112 in
Length: 253 in
Inscriptions
Cast in bed: THE INGERSOLL MILLING MACHINE CO. ROCKFORD ILL. U.S.A. Cast in cross rail:THE INGERSOLL MILLING MACHINE CO. ROCKFORD ILL. U.S.A. / patd.. July 8 1912 Brass plaque: 4722
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