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