1903: Henry Ford creates Ford Motor Co. 1904: Ford builds the Piquette Avenue Plant in the Detroit neighborhood of Milwaukee Junction, just east of Woodward Avenue. The plant was made of brick and ...
Everyone with even a passing interest in cars knows that the Ford Model T pretty much started it all, so when the company's current CEO, Jim Farley, declares that a “new Model T moment” is ahead, it's ...
Some cars invite you in with chrome and comfort. The Model T invites you into a time machine, hands you three pedals that mean the wrong things, and politely asks you to learn 1910s. Then it coughs, ...
Sold from 1908 to 1927, the Ford Model T symbolized modernity and American ingenuity. Yet, its widespread use fragmented communities, altered city planning, and reshaped American life - sometimes for ...
There’s no doubt that you’ll instantly recognize clips from the video below, as they’ve been used over and over for more than 100 years to illustrate the development of the assembly line. But those ...
To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. When the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 1900s, it didn’t just change ...
In a high-security room on the third floor of a factory in Detroit’s bustling Milwaukee Junction industrial neighborhood in 1907, six men and a 14-year-old boy changed the world. In less than a year — ...