Train At Ford Plant

The towers of industry stand shinning in the sunlight as a giant metal beast rolls through this industrial forest, seeking its next meal of steel and glass, carrying the creators raw materials far and wide. You sit, enjoying your afternoon break, and wonder what the world would look like without machines like these to transform the very way we live and move around the earth. Ford is the second largest automaker in the U.S. and the fifth-largest in the world based on annual vehicle sales in 2010. The Ford Motor Company was launched in a converted factory in 1903 with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, most notably John and Horace Dodge (who would later found their own car company). Later Ford realized it would be better if he manufactured all of his company's automotive parts himself instead of using parts from aftermarket sources which lead to the production of the assembly line 1908. Henry's first attempt under his name was the Henry Ford Company on November 3, 1901, which became the Cadillac Motor Company on August 22, 1902. In 1908 Ford During its early years, the company produced just a few cars a day at its factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Groups of two or three men worked on each car from components made to order by other companies. Henry Ford was 40 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company, which would go on to become one of the world's largest and most profitable companies, as well as being one to survive the Great Depression. As one of the largest family-controlled companies in the world, the Ford Motor Company has been in continuous family control for over 100 years.