Highland Park Ford Plant
The Highland Park Ford Plant was a production plant for Ford Motor Company in the city of Highland Park, Michigan, about 4.5 miles from the center of Detroit. The Highland Park Ford Plant was designed by Albert Kahn in 1908. Because of its spacious design, it set the precedent for many factories and production plants built thereafter. In 1913, the Highland Park Ford Plant became the first automobile production facility in the world to implement the assembly line. It was here that the first Model Ts were made. The plant closed in the late 1920s when Ford moved its production plant to nearby River Rouge. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1978. It is now abandoned.
