Tools & manufacturing · 1913
Moving assembly line
The work moves to the worker, and a car takes 93 minutes.
Ford's Highland Park plant introduced the moving line in 1913, cutting Model T chassis assembly from over 12 hours to about 93 minutes. Mass production made complex goods affordable.
What it built on 4
What it led to 2
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The dashed line marks when it first worked.
Private cars in the UK Latest: 22M cars (1998) Source: Our World in Data
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