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Henry Ford is Born
Henry Ford was born in Michigan. He grew up on a farm with his family but was not into farming and really liked mechanics -
Married Clara Byrant
Henry ford gets married on his wifes 22nd birthday. To support his family he worked at a saw mill. -
He gets a job as and engineer
Ford gets his first job as and engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit, Michigan. -
He creates the Quadricycle
After working as an engineer he came out with his first car. He called it a Quadricycle because it had four wheels -
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Henry fords mass production process
Henry Ford wanted to invent a mass production system that would be easy for untrianed workers and make cars faster. He Finally invented with the help of Fredrick Taylor a motion study expert that Henry hired to help him. Eventually Henry Ford got the job done and it took 30 minutes for each car to go through the building. -
Bought the Ford Motor Company
He bought the Ford Motor Company with 28,000 dollars. The Motor company was in Highland Park, Michigan. -
Ford becomes the owner and president of company.
Ford has now taken over the company. -
The model-T starts coming off the assembly line.
This was the hot topic back then and made the "world on wheels." -
The news is made that each person a day is paid $5.
This was a high wadge back then and was a big part of the industry. -
Henry Ford II was born.
Ford II evenually becomes president of Ford. -
WWII starts and Henry Ford Becomes a help.
Ford helped build jeeps, and B-24 bombers.
