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| September 2008 Pic of the Month Ford’s Model T: A Car for the Great Multitude |
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The assembly line principle proved to be amazingly adaptable. Converted to war production in the 1940s, assembly lines contributed mightily to the Allied victory. During World War II, Ford engineers created a vast new factory at Willow Run, Michigan where two lines turned out B-24 bombers. When the McDonald brothers could not keep up with demand for their hamburgers, they revamped the kitchen in their original drive-in and created a burger assembly line, now replicated in McDonald’s restaurants all around the world. THF17526 |
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