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**Henry Ford** By Robert O n July 30, 1863, a child was born. No one expected him to grow up and change every day lives. This child was Henry Ford. He was born in Dearborn, Michigan. He grew up to invent what we use every day. The automobile. Here is a little on his childhood.

The first job he had was working on his family farm. He didn’t enjoy it. With his spare time he would tinker in the farm’s blacksmith shop. He wanted to build machines instead of working on the farm. He was sure that in the future, machines would take the place of horse carriages. In school, he was a good student. His favorite subject was arithmetic. His skills in arithmetic helped him design his car, later in his life. He was the oldest of six children in his family. When he was seventeen, he went to Detroit to work at the Flower Machine Shop. His Father wasn’t very happy. He wanted Henry to grow up and be a farmer. After Detroit, Thomas Edison offered him a job at his light house company. It was there that he became a certified machinist in 1889.

Are you wondering why people remember Henry, or how he got his invention known? Well if you are, I’ll tell you. People remember him because he made every day transportation an easy feat. People said the Model T was not just a car, but a pioneer, and it should always hold a place in America. People also say that Henry Ford was an innovative man, who changed the face of America. He broke barriers to bring us all together. He made traveling easy and affordable. Some people said that the Model T was not just a car but a pioneer that will always hold a place in America’s heart. To get his invention known, he would ride around his street, watching and smiling as the neighbors gazed in awe.

Henry Ford used technology that was beyond his time. He used a gasoline engine. He mounted it on a four wheel carriage. By 1903, he owned his own manufacturing plant. He called it the Ford Motor Company. He then hired ten workers to help assemble the cars. They then made the Model A. It went thirty miles per hour. With the success of the Model A, he wanted to make a new and affordable car. They came up with the Model T. The Model T went 45 MPH and got 20 miles per gallon. To make the car more affordable, he used a new idea called the assembly line. The assembly line is when the car would be put on a line that would carry it down the pathway. As it went down, people would do only one job instead of a bunch. This made it cheaper and easier. The Model T was the first car to be used on the assembly line. The Model T was so successful that in 1908, Henry’s company needed a new factory. He built the largest car factory in the world. It was built of concrete and steel. It had over 50,000 square feet. He called it Crystal Palace. They moved in in 1910. This had the first the assembly line. With the assembly line, they were making one car every 2 hours, thirty eight minutes. That was a short amount for that period of time. By 1913 they were making 200,000 cars a year. By 1914 they were up to one Model T every hour, thirty-three minutes! During the great depression, he was actually doing very well in the economy. He came out with the V-8, (eight cylinder engine). During World War II, he started making war equipment. But the Model T is what changed the world forever.

Henry Ford changed everyday life. He made getting around a lot easier in everyday life. He let people get places faster, easier, and made it cheap. He made paying easier, too. He started the first loan company. Everyday people could buy a car. These are things we use every day.

Here are some miscellaneous facts about Henry Ford. What most people think is Henry Ford designed the car. That’s not a fact. That honor goes to Carl Benz. Henry Ford married Clara Bryant in 1988. In 1945 Henry Ford II became president after Henry ford died on April 7 at 83.

Henry Ford influenced America by opening a new world of doors for people to break free and make discoveries and inventions like he did. Henry Ford was an innovative man who changed the face of America. He will always be remembered. Works Cited "Henry Ford." __Harcourt__ __School__ __Publishers__. 01 June 2009 . 01 June 2009 . Paul, Joseph,. __Henry Ford__. Minneapolis, MN: Abdo & Daughters, 1997.