The Highland Park Ford Plant is a former Ford Motor Company factory located at 91 Manchester Street in Highland Park, Michigan. It was the second American production facility for the Model T automobile and the first factory in history to assemble cars on a moving assembly line. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1978.
Highland Park Ford plant, c. 1922
Highland Park Ford plant, c. 1922
South side streetscape of the Highland Park Ford plant complex
Large building that is part of the Ford plant complex (now the Highland Park Industrial Center)
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power.
Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan
Founder Henry Ford c. 1919
A 1910 Model T (introduced in 1908), photographed in Salt Lake City
B-24 Liberator bombers being mass-produced at Ford's Willow Run assembly plant in 1944