Highland Park Plant, Ford Motor Company
- Address: 15050 Woodward Ave
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1908/00/00 | Albert Kahn | Architect | Albert Kahn Associates begin designing a modern automotive assembly factory. | |||
| 1909/00/00 | Edward Gray | Architect | Henry Ford hires Edward Gray to be his Chief Engineer for the Highland Park plant. A number of Ford engineers, particularly Edward Gray, contribute to design of the Highland Park Plant. | |||
| 1910/01/00 | Ford Motor Company | Owner | By January 1910, Ford Motor Company moves most of its car production to the new, larger Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. | |||
| 1913/04/00 | In the spring, a conveyor belt is installed for assembling flywheelmagnetos. Using 29 workers, each of whom has one simple task to perform, the average time required to put together one of these devices is cut from 20 to 5 minutes. | Invention of the Assembly Line | ||||
| 1913/12/01 | A continuously moving final assembly line goes into operation which reduces assembly time of a completed automobile from 728 minutes to 93 minutes. | Invention of the Assembly Line | ||||
| 1914/01/05 | Henry Ford | Work | The new production methods allow Ford to substantially increase the wages of his workers. Henry Ford announces the "Five Dollar Day" which makes him a worldwide figure as the prophet of a new industrial order. | |||
| 1920/12/01 | The Ford Company continues to refine its assembly techniques, until by 1920 a Model T is produced each minute of the working day. | |||||
| 1927/05/26 | Henry Ford | Work | Henry Ford watches the 15th million Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at the Highland Park Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. The car is now in The Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village at 20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI. | Introduction of the Ford Model T |
| Particulars for Highland Park Plant, Ford Motor Company: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
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