January 24, 2024
Vintage Ford Highland Park Plant Badge FORD Employee PIN H. PARK Badge #FD3180
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Vintage Ford Highland Park Plant Badge FORD Employee H. PARK Badge #FD3180You are bidding on a Vintage Henry Ford Highland Park Michigan USAEmployee Badge #FD3180It is in very good condition with an original workable pin on the back.Ford Rouge plant pictured.The dimensions are 1 3/4" by 1 1/8".Ford Highland Park Plant, the second production facility of the FoMoCo Model "T" automobile, this badge is a part of that great history.The Highland Park Ford Plant was a production plant for Ford Motor Company in the city of Highland Park, Michigan, which is surrounded by Detroit. The Highland Park Ford Plant was designed by Albert Kahn Associates in 1908 and was opened in 1910. Ford automotive production had previously taken place at the facility known as the Piquette Plant.The complex included offices, factories, a power plant and a foundry. Over 120 acres in size the Highland Park Plant was the largest manufacturing facility in the world at the time of its opening. Because of its spacious design, it set the precedent for many factories and production plants built thereafter.In 1913, the Highland Park Ford Plant became the first automobile production facility in the world to implement the assembly line. The new assembly line improved production time of the Model T from 728 to 93 minutes. The Highland Parks assembly line lowered the price
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