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Ford Piquette Ave Plant<\/h3>\n
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Back in the USA
\nMotown and motor vehicles.
\nWe were not even planning to stop in Detroit but I am so glad we did, what an interesting city. The weather was sunny, warm and humid, just like home, for some reason I imagined Detroit to always be cold and grey. We camped at the fairgrounds right next door to Walmart, so cheap and easy, with horse and dog shows thrown in.
\nFirst stop the Ford model T factory, Piquette Ave Plant. This building was rescued from demolition by Dr Jerry Mitchel and Randy Mason in 1998, Dr Jerry now lives in Fords old residence in Detroit. I can\u2019t imagine such a historic building being razed and replace with a warehouse.<\/p>\n

Henry Ford had previously started two auto companies which had failed. In 1904 when the Piquette plant was being constructed Henry was 41 years old. On October 1 1908 they first started producing the Model T Ford and the first 1200 model Ts were assembled here. In 1911 Ford motor co sold the building to Studebaker who used it until 1933. Ford plant was then moved to Highland Park Ford Plant.
\nBetween 1908 and 1927, using the moving assembly line, ford built 15 million model T ford cars longest production run of any auto model until VW beetle. By building just one model the engineers could develop a system of interchangeable parts which unskilled workers could assemble.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Ford Piquette Plant<\/h3>
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River Rouge Ford Plant<\/h3>\n
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Ford River Rouge plant
\nWe could not film in the factory, so I can\u2019t show the employees all lined up at the moving conveyor belt assembling parts and sections of the pickups. Very interesting to watch but to do the same thing all day must be exhausting.
\nSome facts
\nConstruction began in 1917 and by 1928 it was the largest integrated factory in the world.
\nOne Ford is rolled out the door every 52 seconds - we saw them, amazing.
\n1400 per day 24 hours a day
\n1250 ford F150 pickups per day
\n20 hours to build one vehicle and 10,000 people put their hands on it.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Ford Rouge Factory<\/h3>