HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Who pioneered the use of the assembly line?
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Thomas Edison
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Henry Ford
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Orville and Wilbur Wright
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Henry Bessemer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Henry Ford famously remarked that the use of the moving assembly line allowed for the work to be taken to workers rather than the worker moving to and around the vehicle. The vehicle began to be pulled down the line and built step-by-step.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ford was inspired by the meat-packing houses of Chicago and a grain mill conveyor belt he had seen. If he brought the work to the workers, they spent less time moving about.
Detailed explanation-3: -Henry Ford Often credited as the father of the assembly line, he would be more appropriately referred to as the father of automotive mass production.
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