Henry Ford Revolution

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The Ford Revolution
Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863. He was raised on a farm in Deadborn, near Detroit, Michigan. His Father William was a prosperous farmer. Herny would show his interest in mechanics at an early age. Tinkering with anything he could get his hands on. Ford would begin to see that the horseless carriage was his calling in his early years. Henry Ford would go on create the Ford Motor Company where his innovative ideas for mass producing cars would redefine the way all other industries manufactured their products.
In 1893 Henry Ford had successfully built his first gasoline engine. Ford had begun as an apprentice in a machine shop in, Detroit. During his apprentice period he opened his own machine shop; where he repaired portable engines for a harvesting company. When Ford’s employer sent him to a demonstration of an internal combustion engine in 1890 he got the idea to build a car. By 1896 Ford had built his first gasoline buggy, which was given a public trial and reached speeds up to 25mph. After building his buggy he decided to expand his ideas. Ford resigned from the Edison Company where he had been the chief engineer. Ford would start two car manufacturing companies before starting the Ford Motor Company in 1903. He had first begun the Detroit Automobile Co. in 1899 and then the Henry Ford Co. which both failed.
As a result of several business disagreements with his partners; Ford started the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Ford started his new car company with partners Alexander Malcomson and James Couzens. By 1907 Ford purchased most of the stock in the company and from then on out it was controlled by the Ford family.
In 1908 Henry Ford guided his chief engineer Harold Wills in the design of the Model-T. Ford amazed his colleagues with the things he could not do or even comprehend. He could not, for example, make or read blueprints, and even though he could he never worked with his h...