Recent Event Highlights: Henry Ford dies, Complete Production done at plant, Rouge River Plant Completed, Rouge River Plant started, Highland Park, Michigan Factory Opened, First Model T Made, and 14 more...
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Over ten thousand were sold in its first year, establishing a new record
Henry Ford dies at age 83, at Fair Lane, his Dearborn home.
Four years later the price dropped to $575.00 and sales soared. By 1914, Ford could claim a 48% share of the automobile market.
Ford Motor Company signs a contract with UAW.
"Battle of the Overpass" occurs between Ford security staff and United Auto Workers union organizers. As a result, the court orders Ford not to interfere with union activity.
Successfully resists first efforts to unionize workers at Ford plants
Builds first V-8 Ford car.
http://www.rarecarrelics.com/Early-Ford-V8-flathead.php
Dedicates his Edison Institute of Technology and Greenfield Village with a celebration of 50 years of the electric light.
By September 1927, all steps in the manufacturing process from refining raw materials to final assembly of the automobile took place at the vast Rouge Plant, characterizing Henry Ford's idea of mass production.
Transfers final assembly line from Highland Park plant to the Rouge. Production of the Model T ends, and the Model A is introduced.
Focuses on air transportation and develops the Tri-Motor airplane
http://www.flickr.com/photos/96847492@N00/3419972358/
The world's largest industrial complex along the banks of the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan in full production in the early 1920s.
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Loses his bid for the U.S. Senate
The company began construction of the world's largest industrial complex along the banks of the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan, during the late 1910s and early 1920s.
1918, half of all cars in America were Model Ts. To meet the growing demand for the Model T, the company opened a large factory at Highland Park, Michigan, in 1910
Adopted a paternalistic policy to reform his workers' lives both at home and at work?
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/facts.asp
Sought ways to use agricultural products in industrial production, including soybean-based plastic automobile components such as this experimental automobile trunk?
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/facts.asp
In 1913, a continuous moving assembly line existed were workers remained in place, adding one component to each automobile as it moved past them on the line.
1918, half of all cars in America were Model Ts. To meet the growing demand for the Model T, the company opened a large factory at Highland Park, Michigan, in 1910
Model T in 1908. This vehicle initiated a new era in personal transportation. It was easy to operate, maintain, and handle on rough roads, immediately becoming a huge success.
The Model T made its debut in 1908 with a purchase price of $825.00
Henry Ford and the Quadricycle, 1905.
the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903
These experiments culminated in 1896 with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle-the Quadricycle. The Quadricycle had four wire wheels that looked like heavy bicycle wheels, was steered with a tiller like a boat, and had only two forward speeds with no reverse.
Ford promoted to Chief Engineer in 1893
In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit
marriage to Clara Bryant in 1888
sixteen-year-old Ford left home for the nearby city of Detroit to work as an apprentice machinist
Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863
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