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1903                     1913                 1917                     1947                     GET MOVING

                       He starts the Ford Motor   Ford’s company     He builds the world’s    Ford dies at his home
                       Company and sells his first   introduces the moving   largest factory at Dearborn,   in Dearborn. By this
                       car, the Model A (left) for   assembly line for mass   Michigan, which houses   time, nearly all the
                       $850. In 1908, he launches   production of their cars   every type of part needed   cars in the world
                       the Model T.             in Michigan.         to produce a car on one site.  are mass-produced.



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   US_096-097_Henry_ford_Inventor.indd   97                                                                      02/04/18   3:38 PM
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