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Photographer: Lou Donkle
Taken: July 16, 2022
Caption: National Historic Landmark - 2006
Additional Description: Ford Piquette Avenue Plant has been designated a National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance as an outstanding representation on the emergence of Henry Ford and his company as the leading American automobile manufacturer, It is the oldest extant Ford factory, built in 1904. Here the Ford Motor Company initially achieved quantity production of technically advanced, inexpensive automobiles. From this plant the Model T Ford, the most significant car in the history of the automobile industry, was created and produced. Principal Ford production operations would remain here through 1909.

2006 - National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior
Submitted: July 22, 2022, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p668187
File Size: 4.946 Megabytes

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