Timeline of Important Events
1910-The Highland Park Plant opens to much fanfare. Experts in manufacturing rave about the new and innovative factory.
The Highland Park Plant
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Spring of 1913 - The process of putting together magneto flywheels is mechanized on the first ever moving assembly line that was used for industrial purposes.
An outline of a magneto flywheel
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October 7, 1913 - Henry Ford and his company introduce the moving assembly line full scale for the first time.
Men working on the moving assembly line
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January 5, 1914 - The unprecedented and heralded five-dollar day for all workers is announced. Eight hour work shifts are also made known to the public on this day.
Ford's revolutionary plan draws huge throngs of people
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