Fords Rouge river plant

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Watched a doco on TV today about how Henry Ford revolutionised the moving assembly line. He basically designed and brought to life the moving assembly plant and every other manufacturer in the world copied it. The Rouge river plant made its own steel, glass and Tyres. They showed the iron ore and sand coming in by boat and being unloaded where they made there own raw steel and glass. Also made there own Tyres.

A few links
https://www.thehenryford.org/rouge/historyofrouge.aspx
http://www.wearethepractitioners.com...9/15/the-rouge
http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2...r-rouge-plant/

Plus there's many more if you search google. Henry Ford also helped the American Air Force to build bombers at 10 times the rate they were which helped them win world war 1. They say when the Air Force asked him to help he was getting old and grumpy and said either I build the whole thing or nothing as I don't build half a car. It's so nice to be part of a brand that is still making world firsts and was the true company that started the motor vehicle as we know it.

It was interesting to hear that he was building cars 100 times faster than he first did so dropped the price from $850 to $350. He also was paying $5 a day which was twice what any other job was paying. They say that people from all over America were moving to the area to get a job at the plant as it was great money and you only worked a 5 day week and had money and time on weekends to spend with family. He really was a visionary and a great man and it's great to see the Ford family still working at the company. Henry Ford really was a lot smarter than I realised and achieved a lot. He must have been worth a lot of money when you look at what he built and owned.