The first moving assembly line at Henry Ford's Model T factory in Highland Park went into operation on Oct. 7, 1913, with 140 assemblers installing parts on chassis dragged across the floor with a ...

A look at Ford's assembly line on its 100th anniversary, plus Model T myths debunked. ... Here, an estimated 10,000 applicants brave early January weather in hopes of employment.

The Henry Ford assembly line. The idea for the assembly is often credited to Ransom Olds, who was building the first mass-produced automobiles in his Michigan factory in the early 1900s, but Ford ...

Like saying night is day or Pink Floyd isn't the greatest rock band of all time, saying Henry Ford didn't invent the assembly line goes contrary to conventional auto wisdom. But he didn't. It was ...

Ford's Assembly Line Turns 100 Today — Here's What It Looked Like In 1913 By Alex Davies 2013-10-07T19:28:00Z ...

For example, Ford's Highland plant employed around 48,000 workers at its peak, a stark contrast to the mere 500 workers on Ford's assembly line at the company's Michigan manufacturing plant today.

It has long been written by Ford historians and journalists alike that Mustang production began on Monday, March 9, 1964 at Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan, assembly plant with 5F08F100001.

In 1907, Henry Ford bought 160 acres of land for what would be his Highland Park Ford Plant. The first moving assembly line started a few years later at the plant. Immigrants and other workers ...