On October 7, 1913, the Ford Motor Company revolutionized industrial manufacturing by introducing the assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan. This groundbreaking innovation would forever change the way products were manufactured, ushering in the age of mass production and transforming the…
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They say that as GM goes, so goes America. The story of GM began in 1907 when William Durant “received a phone call about a large automobile merger put together by financier J.P. Morgan. Weeks later, Durant held a meeting in his room at…
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On July 20, 1903, automotive history was made when Chicago dentist Ernst Pfenning received a new car. For $850, he purchased a two-cylinder Model A automobile from a newly-formed Ford Motor Company. Produced at Ford’s plant on Mack Street in Detroit, the vehicle had…
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