THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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12 hours; 6 hours
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4 hours; 1.5 hours
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12 hours; 1.5 hours
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8 hours; 4 hours
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Detailed explanation-1: -On December 1, 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to one hour and 33 minutes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ford Motor Company team decided to try to implement the moving assembly line in the automobile manufacturing process. After much trial and error, in 1913 Henry Ford and his employees successfully began using this innovation at our Highland Park assembly plant.
Detailed explanation-3: -After more experimentation, in 1913 the Ford Motor Company displayed to the world the complete assembly-line mass production of motor vehicles. The technique consisted of two basic elements: a conveyor system and the limitation of each worker to a single repetitive task.
Detailed explanation-4: -Initially the chassis was assembled in 12 hours 8 minutes, but by 1914 it only took 93 minutes to assemble a new Model T. The famous quote about the Model T of “You could have any color as long as it’s black” was true only after 1913. The car at first had paint colors corresponding with body style.