The Highland Park Ford Plant is a former Ford Motor Company factory at 91 Manchester Street in Highland Park, Michigan. It was Ford's third factory and the second facility built for Model T production, but it is best known as the first factory in history to assemble automobiles on a moving assembly line, and it became a National Historic Landmark in 1978.
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SignificanceThe first factory in history to assemble automobiles on a moving assembly line, a foundational milestone in modern mass-production engineering; designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. 1 Classification
StatusRetired or Decommissioned 1 In the Other Atlases
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in Highland Park, Michigan
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1. Highland Park Ford Plant (Wikipedia)
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Highland Park was designed by Albert Kahn Associates in 1908 and was opened in 1910.
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is a historic former Ford Motor Company factory
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The Highland Park Ford Plant is a former Ford Motor Company factory at 91 Manchester Street in Highland Park, Michigan.
In Group: Automobile and Aircraft Assembly Plants, Introduction
The Highland Park Ford Plant is a historic former Ford Motor Company factory located at 91 Manchester Street (at Woodward Avenue) in Highland Park, Michigan.
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