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Events on Tuesday 7 October 1913 1
1913The moving assembly lineNinety-three minutes per chassisFord starts the moving chassis line at Highland Park. Assembly time for a Model T falls from over twelve hours to around ninety minutes. The engine made mass mobility possible — the assembly line made it affordable. It also makes the work so monotonous that Ford has to double wages to five dollars a day to keep anyone on the line.