- Highland Park Ford Plant
Infobox_nrhp | name =Highland Park Plant, Ford Motor Company
nrhp_type =nhl
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location=Highland Park, Michigan
locmapin = Michigan
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built =1910
architect= Albert Kahn; Edward Gray
architecture= No Style Listed
designated =June 02 1978 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1341&ResourceType=Building
title=Highland Park Ford Plant |accessdate=2008-06-27|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =February 06 ,1973
governing_body = Private
refnum=73000961cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]:"This article is about the assembly plant in
Highland Park, Michigan . For the assembly plant in the Highland Park area ofSaint Paul, Minnesota , seeTwin Cities Assembly Plant ."The Highland Park Ford Plant was a production plant for
Ford Motor Company in the city ofHighland Park, Michigan , which is surrounded by Detroit. The Highland Park Ford Plant was designed by Albert Kahn in 1908 and was opened in 1910. Because of its spacious design, it set the precedent for many factories and production plants built thereafter. In 1913, the Highland Park Ford Plant became the firstautomobile production facility in the world to implement theassembly line . In the late 1920s Ford moved automobile assemby to theRiver Rouge Plant complex in nearbyDearborn . Automotive trim manufacturing and tractor assembly continued at the Highland Park plant. It became aNational Historic Landmark in 1978. It is now used by Ford Motor Company to store documents and the Henry Ford Museum for artifact storage.References
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