1914: Ford Motor Company greatly improved its assembly-line operation by employing an endless chain to pull each chassis along at its Highland Park, Michigan plant. Chugging along at 6 feet per minute, Model T construction had gone from 12 hours to build a Model T to 1 hour and 33 minutes...with 83 discrete assembly steps.
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