The modern history of Detroit began with the creation of the Ford Motor Company in 1903 by Henry Ford. Fordism created an appeal for Detroit’s automobile factories, and soon they were the embodiment of American labor and industry. In Henry Ford’s footsteps, the Dodge Brothers and other automotive inventors and capitalists began building their own automobiles in Detroit, forging Detroit’s famous nickname as the “Motor City.” Soon, Detroit’s economy and the automobile industry were one in the same
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from those time periods. Most of the items and information for the topic time stamp was located on the second floor. One of the first things you see is an old Shell gas pump and a Model-T. The signs around it would give information about how Henry Ford created the Assembly line in 1913, and how many Model-T’s he sold (which was 15 million). This section also had a timeline ranging from the early 1800’s to the late 1900’s. Which included cases with many items from WW1 and WW2 (gas masks, ration books
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What makes a hero is someone that try to help their community or their country and they all have brave, trust, and honestest. Bravery is something that a hero has when he or she helps their people. Trust is something that a hero has when people trust him with their problem. Honestest is something that a hero has that will tell the truth or will be honest about their work. Louis Chevrolet was one of the greatest American heroes of his or any time because of the life he leads to, his accomplishments
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helped build cars. Horace E. Dodge and his brother, John Francis Dodge, were co-founders of the Dodge Brothers Company. In 1902, the Dodge brothers built transmissions for the Olds Motor Vehicle Company. In 1903 they began building engines for the Ford Motor Company. In 1913 they began making their own Dodge vehicle.
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In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. This event signified a conscious decision on Ford's part to dedicate his life to industrial pursuits. His promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893 gave him enough time and money to devote attention to his personal experiments on internal combustion engines. These experiments culminated in 1896 with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle-the Quadricycle. The Quadricycle had four wire wheels that looked like heavy
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will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one – and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God’s great open spaces.” – Henry Ford One of the most impactful innovations in American history was in, 1913, when Henry Ford’s Ford Motor Company introduced the Ford Model T. The Model T was the first automobile that was constructed on an assembly line. What makes the Model T revolutionary, however, is that it was the first automobile that was affordable
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Ford Assembly Line! Word Count: 1,811 I. Image of my innovation that I was allocated The Ford Assembly Line II. The innovation Product and the Process: The ford assembly line is a manufacturing process developed by Ford, which quickened process of producing cars in the early 1900’s. The product that it first helped was the car a Ford Model T. Henry Ford and many other individual’s whom were involved in Ford, came up with the idea of the assembly line in the years between 1908 and
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............................................................................. 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Henry Ford – The man who divided the notion of modern economic and social system into Fordism and post-Fordism ................................................................................................................................................. 2
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Henry Ford, was an American industrialist who was born in the early 1860. As a young boy, Henry worked as a farm boy and he was very unsatisfied. At the age of 16, he decided to leave home to work in as a machinist in Detroit. In later years, he learned how to skillfully operate service steam engines. Henry Ford was also, the sponsor of the development called the Assembly Line. Henry Ford soon got married in 1888 to Clara Ala Bryant and had their first child named Edsel Bryant Ford. Henry Ford once
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current name we are calling this is the “The Cobra Sting”. With the economy on the rise and car sales picking back with a renewed interest in muscle cars that has not been seen in many years we believe that with the right design, this car could put Ford back on the #1 sales list. Each member of the creative production team agreed that the ultimate muscle car appeals to all demographics of age and sex. Instead of mass production, we suggest producing only 50 to 60 show room modules. This will give
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