Highland Park Ford Plant

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The Highland Park Ford Plant is a historic automobile factory in Michigan renowned as the birthplace of the moving assembly line that revolutionized mass production in the early 20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile factory
historic site
industrial building
architect Albert Kahn
architecturalStyle industrial architecture
associatedWith Henry Ford
assembly line production
category Ford factories
Industrial buildings and structures in Michigan
National Historic Landmarks in Michigan
country United States
designatedAs engineering landmark
developer Ford Motor Company
era early 20th century
floorCount multiple-story factory complex
hasFeature daylight factory design
integrated assembly line layout
large open-span factory floors
heritageDesignation Michigan State Historic Site
National Historic Landmark
heritageDesignationDate 1978
inception 1910
industry automotive industry
influenced global industrial production methods
modern manufacturing techniques
locatedIn Highland Park, Michigan
Michigan
United States
Wayne County, Michigan
materialUsed glass
reinforced concrete
steel
notableFor birthplace of the moving assembly line for automobiles
revolutionizing mass production in the early 20th century
operator Ford Motor Company
ownedBy Ford Motor Company
partOf Ford Motor Company manufacturing system
productProduced Ford Model T
significantEvent introduction of the moving assembly line
significantYear 1913
status historic industrial complex
timePeriod Model T production era
transportationAccess Detroit metropolitan area
usedFor automobile manufacturing
mass production experiments

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tin Lizzie
associatedWithPlant
Highland Park Ford Plant ("Ford factories")
category
Fordism ("Ford Highland Park plant")
firstImplementedAt
Ford Model T
productionLocation

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