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DETROIT – On June 4, 1896, after years of experimentation and tinkering, a 32-year-old Henry Ford completed his first automobile. The Quadricycle was built by hand by Ford at his home, and its 2 ...
History: Henry Ford's life started with him working on his father's farm but his passion for engineering brought him to Detroit. Where he would end up working as a machinist for Westing House and ...
In 1899, Ford left Edison Illuminating Co. to become one of the founders of Detroit Automobile Co. The company went bankrupt about 18 months after its founding.
Send us an email to [email protected] with the subject line HOMEGROWN. Read about more Homegrown creations here.—Ed.] America’s most notable inventor was 32 at the time and employed by the Edison ...
History: Henry Ford's life started with him working on his father's farm but his passion for engineering brought him to Detroit. Where he would end up working as a machinist for Westing House and ...
It only made sense that he became a machinist's apprentice in the 1880s and worked his way to becoming chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit by 1893.
In 1891, he became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit and chief engineer two years later. He constructed a small one-cylinder gasoline model, eventually creating the first ...
Henry Ford and his partner Alexander Malcomson, Detroit’s largest coal dealer, incorporate the Ford Motor Company with $28,000 in cash and $21,000 in promised funds from 10 other investors ...