Henry Ford

Sophia3rd Grade

Social StudiesNovember 2013

Quick Facts

• Birth date: July 30, 1863 in Wayne county, Michigan

• He died in Dearborn, Michigan on April 7, 1947

• He Married Clara Ala Bryant in 1888.• He left home at 16 to work as a machinist in

Detroit.

Henry Fords’ CharacteristicsHenry Ford had brown hair, light skin and pale blue eyes. He was a tall and skinny man.

Quick Facts

• In 1883 he was promoted to chief engineer for the Edison illuminating company.

• Henry built a quadracycle in 1896.• Henry ford used the first 19 letters of the

alphabet to name the auto mobiles, although some of the cars were never sold to the public.

What Henry Ford was best known for• In 1903 Henry Ford created the Ford Motor

Company.• He created the Ford Model T car in 1908, and went

on to develop the assembly line mode of production.

• Half of all cars in 1918 in Amenca were model T’s.

• Nearly 15,500,000 model t’s were sole in the united states.

• In 1932 Henry ford in troduced his last engineering tnumph: his “En blocr,” one piece v-8 Engine.

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Sources

• www.biography.com• www.ask.com• castle.eiu.edu• Edisonfordwinterestate.com• npr.org• blog.hemmings.com