Where did Henry Ford work?
Henry Ford, Business Personality / Inventor * Born: 30 July 1863 * Birthplace: Greenfield Township, Michigan * Died: 7 April 1947 * Best Known As: Creator of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford created the first inexpensive mass-produced automobile — the Model T — and revolutionized American industry by developing and refining assembly line manufacturing. Ford began his working life as a machinist, then became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company. (He and Thomas Edison remained close friends for decades.) In his spare time Ford tinkered with creating a motorized vehicle, and in 1896 introduced the Quadricycle, a four-wheeled cart with a gasoline engine. (Ford has often been credited with inventing the automobile, though historians now agree he was only one of many people who built motorized cars.) In 1903 the Ford Motor Company was founded, and in 1908 Ford introduced the Model T. By 1924 10 million Model T ca
