Henry Ford 1863-1947

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Pre-engineering Project

• Henry Ford1863-1947

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By Thomas Balaguer
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Henry Fords Beginning

• Henry ford was born in Michigan in 1863.
• He started working for the Detroit Edison
  company.
• After some time he became chief engineer.

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Henry Ford Invention

• In 1893, Henry ford built a gasoline engine.
• He also created his own car.
• Then ford quit Detroit automobile company and
  began to build a racing car.

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What Henry Ford Accomplished

• In 1903, Henry ford set up a ford motor company.
• He wanted to create the mass production of a car
  which did not exist at the time.
• In 1908, he started the production of the model
  T. Ford.
• He stopped making the model T in 1927,when 15
  million cars had been sold.
• Henry ford became the leading auto manufacturer
  in the country.

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Politics

• He was a successful and powerful business leader.
• He went to Europe without the government support
  or approval, to seek peace where world war 1 was
  raging.
• After the war he ran unsuccessfully for senate on
  the democratic ticket.

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Sources

• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btfor
  d.html
• http//www.dyna.co.za/cars/ford.htm
• http//www.incwell.com/Biographies/Ford.html

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The model T
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The End