Mr. Pierce/Ms. Lynch
English 1A 6th hour
13 March 2015
Henry Ford: A Great Visionary Have you ever heard of the man that brought the conveyor belt idea to the car manufacturing industry? His name was Henry Ford. Both struggled in late adulthood. He was all so prejudice against jews. lastly, he Invented tractors and planes. Henry Ford had many achievements as a young man and adulthood had some Disadvantages during his adulthood.
Henry Ford had a lot of achievements during his young adulthood. He had a very sharp mind as a teen when it came to engineering (Burgan 4). When he was sixteen, he left Michigan for Detroit to look for a job and learn more about machines (Burgan 9). When Henry left the Drydock Company in 1882, he was an expert in steam engines (Burgan 10) “In 1893,his natural talents earned him a promotion to chief engineer (Henry Ford 1). All the while, Ford developed his plans for a horseless carriage, and in 1896, he constructed his first model, the Ford Quadricycle”(Henry Ford 1). When Ford was 13 years old, his father gifted him a pocket watch, which the young boy promptly took apart and …show more content…
He invented the assembly-line method to create and produce car’s (Burgan 4). He created the Model T which appeared in 1908 (Burgan 4). Late in 1880, Ford took a job at the Detroit Dry Dock Company, the largest shipbuilder in Detroit (Burgan 10). In 1891, he took a job as an engineer working for the Edison Illuminating Company where , in 1893, he was promoted to chief engineer (Henry Ford 1). Ford developed his plans for a horseless carriage, and in 1896, he constructed his first model, the Ford Quadricycle (Henry Ford 1). Ford introduced the Model T in October of 1908, and for several years, the company posted 100 percent gains (Henry Ford 1). In 1914, he sponsored the development of the moving assembly line technique of mass production (Henry Ford