Henry Ford

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Creator of a great car company Ford

Wax Museum Project created by Joe Highfield

Henry Ford Timeline

1. 1863 Born July, 30
2. 1879 moved away to Detroit to work in a factory.
3. 1888 Gets married to Clara Bryant.
4. 1893 first and only child is born Edsel Ford.
5. 1896 Created an automobile for himself that he rode through the town
6. 1899 quits job and works at a Cadillac automobile factory.
7. 1913 creates a faster and cheaper way to make cars.
8. 1918 Tried to become senate but didn't.
9. 1925 Instead of making just cars he decided to make a FORD airplane.
10. 1947 Died do to a cerebral hemorrhage.

Great achievements

1. Founded the Ford Motor Company and created his first car called the Ford MODEL-A
2. The Ford Model-T Became a famous car and %55 of people had it in the U.S. in 1908.
3. Creates his first and only plane called the tri motor plane.
4. Creates first V8 engine the car is called the V-8 Ford.

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Fun Facts

1. Tried to run for senate but didn't make it
2. Before being a car inventor he was a pocket watch repair man
3. Worked for Edison and powered electricity for the whole city of Detroit
4. Created race cars too.
5. Created the first assembly line
6. Designed over 160 automobiles
7. Was not the first car inventor
8. Networth was worth 200 billion dollars in today's money
9. Grew up a couple miles away from his wife
10. Last words were “I’ll sleep well tonight.”

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