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October 7, 1913

Henry Ford Begins Using the Assembly Line for Automobile Production

In an attempt to reduce the rising costs of building automobiles, Henry Ford began using assembly lines to construct the machines, reducing the time from 12 hours to 93 minutes.

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Henry Ford, from Biography.com

 

* This article was found on Historynet.com.

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