HENRY FORD

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• Born-July 30,1863
• First Surviving Son of William and Mary Ford.
• Lived on a farm Wayne County near Dearborn,Michigan
• Famous for building cars and creating the Ford Motor Company.

Henry was born to be a mechanic.At the age of 13 he reassembled watches and jewelry and then put the whole thing back together.When he was 16 he was unsatisfied with farm work and decided to take a job as a mechanist in Detroit.

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• 1888-Married Clara Bryan
• 3 Years later he was hired as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company
• Rose quickly through the ranks,1893 chief engineer

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• 1896-first prototype,quadricycle
• Quadricycle-light metal frame,four wheels,four horsepower gasoline engine
• Determined to improve
• Received backing from many ivestors
• Thomas Edison-build more models

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• Partners-Hated need to improve and quit
• Ford Motor Company
• Model A resulted Model T
• Model T(T Lizzie)Debut-1908
• 1918 Half cars in America were Model T's

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• 1919 Edsel-President
• Still had full control
• 1927-Company moved to industrial Complex-Glass factory,still mill,assembly line

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• 1932-First v-8 engine
• By 1936 third in automotive industry
• 1943 Edsels Death-Ford,President
• 2 years-Ford died,83