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Henry Ford
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Henry’s mother dies
Henry’s mother Mary died when Henry was just thirteen. -
Henry Finds work
Henry goes to Detroit and gets multiple different jobs -
Graduation
Henry graduates school with a sixth grade education. At this point in time this is acceptable because most jobs just required time doing the job to get good at them not an extensive education. -
Henry works at Westinghouse
Henry works at Westinghouse a steam engine company. -
Business school
Henry takes some business classes at goldsmith,Bryant,and Stratton university in detroit. -
Quadricycle
Henry builds his first car called the quadricylce. -
Detroit automobile company
Henry forms the Detroit automobile company with him as engineer. -
Detroit automobile company fails
Investors backed out of the company after production was to slow and the cars were not very good. -
Henry Ford Company
the Henry Ford Company is founded but he is kicked out after three months for being preoccupied with racing. -
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company Is founded with Henry as chief engineer and Vice President. -
Model N
The model N becomes the Best selling car in America -
Model T
The new ford model T is announced for $850 -
Assembly line
The ford factory begins to produce 2000 cars a day with the assembly line. -
Henry doubles Ford employees pay
Henry more than doubles his employees pay up to $5 for a 8 hour day. -
Ford builds boats
At the end of WWI Ford Began to build boats for the navy.
