1915 Ford Methods & Ford Shops 1st Ed Henry Ford Model T Assembly Line Rare
$750.00
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Early Ford Motor Company / Model T / Assembly Line / Manufacturing & Industrial History
Scarce original 1915 edition of Ford Methods and the Ford Shops by Horace Lucien Arnold and Fay Leone Faurote, published by The Engineering Magazine Company, New York.
An exceptional contemporary record of Ford Motor Company’s revolutionary manufacturing system during one of the most consequential periods in American automotive and industrial history. Published in 1915, this substantial work documents Ford production while the company’s pioneering moving assembly-line methods were transforming the manufacture of the Model T and helping establish the principles of modern mass production.
The volume provides extensive firsthand-period documentation of Ford’s Highland Park operations, factory organization, machinery, production processes, material handling, labor methods, inspection, testing, and assembly techniques. Unlike a later history of Ford, this book was produced while these groundbreaking manufacturing developments were still new.
Extensively illustrated throughout with period factory photographs, technical illustrations, diagrams, machinery, production equipment, manufacturing operations, and views of Ford facilities.
Especially notable is the large original folding General Ground Plan of the Highland Park Ford Shop, showing the arrangement of the historic Ford manufacturing complex, including production departments, machine operations, assembly areas, railroad tracks, conveyors, offices, testing areas, and other features of the plant. The foldout remains present and displays extremely well, as shown in the photographs.
Subjects covered throughout the book include Ford assembly methods, motor and chassis production, inspection and testing, machining operations, axles, crankshafts, pistons, sheet-metal work, conveyors and material handling, specialized machinery and fixtures, foundry operations, body production and finishing, factory organization, and working methods.
The significance of this volume extends well beyond automobile collecting. Ford’s Highland Park manufacturing system became one of the defining developments in the history of industrial production, and this 1915 publication preserves an extraordinarily detailed contemporary record of the factory, machinery, processes, and organization behind that transformation.
A highly desirable original period source for collectors and researchers of Ford Motor Company history, Model T automobiles, early automotive manufacturing, assembly-line development, American industrial history, engineering, factory architecture, manufacturing technology, and the history of mass production.
Original red cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Overall a particularly attractive surviving copy for its age. Red cloth remains strong and presents very well, with relatively light age-related shelf, edge, and corner wear. Page edges show natural age toning. Interior is generally clean and well preserved. Large folding Highland Park Ford Shop plan is present and displays very well. Please review all photographs carefully for the exact copy, edition, contents, foldout, and condition.
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1915 Ford Methods & Ford Shops 1st Ed Henry Ford Model T Assembly Line Rare
$750.00
Scarce original 1915 edition of Ford Methods and the Ford Shops by Horace Lucien Arnold and Fay Leone Faurote, published by The Engineering Magazine Company, New York.
An exceptional contemporary record of Ford Motor Company’s revolutionary manufacturing system during one of the most consequential periods in American automotive and industrial history. Published in 1915, this substantial work documents Ford production while the company’s pioneering moving assembly-line methods were transforming the manufacture of the Model T and helping establish the principles of modern mass production.
The volume provides extensive firsthand-period documentation of Ford’s Highland Park operations, factory organization, machinery, production processes, material handling, labor methods, inspection, testing, and assembly techniques. Unlike a later history of Ford, this book was produced while these groundbreaking manufacturing developments were still new.
Extensively illustrated throughout with period factory photographs, technical illustrations, diagrams, machinery, production equipment, manufacturing operations, and views of Ford facilities.
Especially notable is the large original folding General Ground Plan of the Highland Park Ford Shop, showing the arrangement of the historic Ford manufacturing complex, including production departments, machine operations, assembly areas, railroad tracks, conveyors, offices, testing areas, and other features of the plant. The foldout remains present and displays extremely well, as shown in the photographs.
Subjects covered throughout the book include Ford assembly methods, motor and chassis production, inspection and testing, machining operations, axles, crankshafts, pistons, sheet-metal work, conveyors and material handling, specialized machinery and fixtures, foundry operations, body production and finishing, factory organization, and working methods.
The significance of this volume extends well beyond automobile collecting. Ford’s Highland Park manufacturing system became one of the defining developments in the history of industrial production, and this 1915 publication preserves an extraordinarily detailed contemporary record of the factory, machinery, processes, and organization behind that transformation.
A highly desirable original period source for collectors and researchers of Ford Motor Company history, Model T automobiles, early automotive manufacturing, assembly-line development, American industrial history, engineering, factory architecture, manufacturing technology, and the history of mass production.
Original red cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Overall a particularly attractive surviving copy for its age. Red cloth remains strong and presents very well, with relatively light age-related shelf, edge, and corner wear. Page edges show natural age toning. Interior is generally clean and well preserved. Large folding Highland Park Ford Shop plan is present and displays very well. Please review all photographs carefully for the exact copy, edition, contents, foldout, and condition.
SKU V/2