Even as Ford’s moving assembly line was still in its infancy, Model T production was ramping up exponentially. This August 1913 photo shows 1000 completed chassis at the Highland Park plant ...

Ford's Moving Assembly Line Turns 100. By Matt Schmitz. March 5, 2015. Share Time was, transporting car bodies for assembly at the manufacturing plant required horsepower — not the unit of ...

Ford Motor Co. is celebrating the centennial of the moving assembly line. Ford Motor Co. It’s little more than a crumbling ruin now, a decrepit collection of brick buildings in one of the ...

Today, just 500 people work directly on the assembly line at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant, which now builds 605 Focus and C-Max sedans in each of two 10-hour shifts. Some 48,000 people worked ...

Ford Motor Co. celebrated the 100th anniversary of the moving assembly line this week at its Wayne Assembly plant by setting new goals for global manufacturing, and promising the next few years ...

Ford installs first moving assembly line 1913. Photo: Moving assembly line at Ford Motor Company's Michigan plant. In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a ...

This fascinating film chronicles the legacy of the Highland Park Ford Plant, ... Mass Production & the Moving Assembly Line. Posted: March 18, 2025 | Last updated: April 23, 2025.

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.

Ford installs first moving assembly line 1913. Photo: Moving assembly line at Ford Motor Company's Michigan plant. In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a ...

Ford put these principles into play gradually over five years, fine-tuning and testing as he went along. In 1913, they came together in the first moving assembly line ever used for large-scale ...