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It’s been 100 years since the first Model T rolled off the assembly line. By the time it closed in 2011, the plant had turned out out 9 million vehicles, employing generations of St.
This fascinating film chronicles the legacy of the Highland Park Ford Plant, from its glory days as the birthplace of the Model T to its eventual decline and dismantling. The footage is divided ...
Multistory urban factories like Ford’s Highland Park facility in Detroit (pictured) were once common. Credit: Georg Berg/Alamy Stock Photo Manufacturing dozens of satellites per year in the ...
The Highland Park neighborhood that surrounded the plant soon grew into a thriving middle-class enclave. Over the next few decades, working conditions at the plant — and across Ford Motor Co ...