The Moving Assembly Line:

A Blueprint for the Future
"I will build a motor car for the great multitude... it 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...When I'm through, everybody will be able to afford one, and everyone will have one. The horse will have disappeared from our highways, the automobile will be taken for granted... and we will give a large number of men employment at good wages."
~Henry Ford
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Thesis

The moving assembly line—implemented by Henry Ford in 1913—marked the start of the second Industrial Revolution in America, provided the platform for the future of American industry, and established a system that would be followed by nearly every factory. This spark of innovation created enormous waves of both immediate and lasting impact that still ripple today.