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Henry Ford was born to a farm family near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863. He loved mechanics and tinkered constantly, and by age 15 had built his first steam engine (Davis).
It seems as though car makers seemed to have the same idea at approximately the same time, for new makes sprang up: the Oldsmobile was the first car produced for
mass consumption in the US: "425 of them were sold in 1901 and 5,000 in 1904"; the companys success was noted by others, with the effect that "from 1904 to
1908, 241 automobile-manufacturing firms went into business in the United States" ("The History of the Automobile"). One of these was Ford Motor Company, which made "1,700 cars during its first
full year of business" ("The History of the Automobile"). Fords first effort however was not the legendary Model T; it was something he called the "Quadricycle," which he introduced
in 1896 (Davis). It ran on four bicycle tires, had two speeds, no reverse, and steered with a tiller like a boat (Davis). It was not a success. Undaunted, Ford
tried again, and with "11 other investors and $28,000 in capital, Ford founded the Ford Motor Company on June 16, 1903" (Davis). A few weeks later, the company sold its
first automobile, to a doctor in Detroit (Davis). As noted above, the company produced 1,700 cars in its first year. But whereas most automakers thought of cars as playthings for
the rich, Fords genius was in recognizing that "with the right techniques, cars could be made affordable for the general public-and that the general public would want them" (Davis). In
order to make them affordable, they had to be manufactured quickly, and so Ford adopted the assembly line; apparently, contrary to popular belief he did not invent it, but adapted
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