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__//**Info of Henry Ford:**//__ He was born: July 30, 1863 Dearborn, Michigan Died: April 7, 1947 Dearborn, Michigan. He had four brothers and sisters their names were Margaret Ford, Jane Ford, William Ford and and Robert Ford.He lived in a prosperous family farm. His father (William Ford) wanted Henry to take over the family business, but Henry wanted to tinker. At the age of 16 he went off to a near by city in Detroit and worked as an apprentice machinist.

Henry Ford spent his childhood on his family's farm, located just outside of Detroit, MI. When Henry was twelve, his mother died during childbirth. For the rest of his life, Henry tried to live his life as he believed his mother would have wanted, often citing lessons she had taught him before her death. Although close to his mother, Henry had a strained relationship with his father. While his father hoped Henry would someday take over the family farm, Henry preferred to tinker. From an early age Henry wanted to take thing apart and put them back together, doing this gave him the knowlege of how it worked.

1879 Leaves family farm for Detroit to work in machine shops. 1888 Marries Clara Bryant moves to 80-acre farm in what is today Dearborn. 1891 Secures position as engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company; returns to Detroit. 1893 Edsel Bryant Ford, only child of Henry and Clara Ford, born. 1896 Completes his first automobile, the Quadricycle, and drives it through the streets of Detroit. 1899 Ends employm ent with the Edison to devote full attention to the manufacture of automobiles. 1899 Made chief engineer and partner in the newly formed Detroit Automobile Company 1901 Henry Ford Company organized with Ford as engineer. Ford resigns over dispute with bankers 1902 Henry Ford Company becomes the Cadillac Motor Car Co. 1903 Ford Motor Company is officially incorporated. Model A appears on the market in Detroit. 1908 Ford begins manufacturing the famous Model T. 1910 Begins operations at factory in Highland Park, Michigan. 1913 Introduces first moving automobile assembly line at Highland Park manufacturing facility. 1914 Ford Motor Company' begins paying its workers $5.00 for an eight hour day 1917 Begins construction of industrial facility on the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan. 1918 Loses his bid for the U.S. Senate. 1919 Edsel B .Ford, son of Henry Ford, is named president of Ford Motor Company 1921 Ford Motor Company dominates auto production with 55 percent of industry's total output. 1927 Transfers final assembly line from Highland Park plant to the Rouge 1927 Production of the Model T ends, and the Model A is introduced. 1937 "Battle of the Overpass" occurs between Ford security staff and United Auto Workers union 1941 Ford Motor Company signs a contract with UAW. 1943 Edsel B. Ford dies at age 49. 1947 Henry Ford dies at age 83, at Fair Lane, his Dearborn, Mic higan home. (Fords mom and dad are showed below.
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//**__How Henry Ford impacted Society__**// Before WW 1, cars were built large. This made them expensive, but most car manufacturers (about 100 by 1915) wanted to sell to the rich. Ford wanted to build a cheap car that just about anyone could afford. This car was the Model T which was produced from 1909 until 1927. 5 million were sold. (Models N, R, and S were produced before that.) The assembly line made the Model T cheaper to produce. But the assembly line couldn't have worked unless the cars were made from consistent parts - that is, any part from any Model T would fit any other Model T. No one had done that before. All other manufacturers cars were made from parts custom made and unique to that car. The assembly line worked well. In fact, a Model T selling in 1920 was much cheaper than the earlier ones that sold ten years before. By 1917, one out of every three new cars purchased was a Ford. Another thing that made the cars cheaper is that they didn't include things that other cars did. Instead of four brakes - one at each wheel, there was one brake in the transmission. The car didn't come with bumpers, a water pump, an oil pump, or a speedometer. One of Fords biggest fans was Adolf Hitler who visited the Ford factory in the mid 1930s.

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__//**The coal mining enterprise of Henry Ford:**//__ Henry ford started a coal mining company in Harlan County, KY, in 1923. He made this organization because he started to have a shortage of steel so he need to make more money so the steel company could produce more steel, so, Henry found that mining and selling coal would be his best option.