Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company and invented the Model T car. Ford introduced the moving assembly line, revolutionizing car production. He implemented the five-day, 40-hour workweek in 1926.

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

The first Model Ts were hand-built at the Detroit Piquette Avenue Plant, but the modern assembly line was invented and perfected at the Ford Highland Park Plant. Then as demand for the automobile ...

The invention of the assembly line is generally depicted in history as one of those “eureka” moments where the idea for the assembly line came into the mind of Henry Ford out of nowhere when he was ...