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© 1. Carl Nesensohn — Workers on a production line building Emerson radios in New York (1945) / 2. Margaret Bourke-White — Workers at American Woolen Co. (1935) / 3. Wallace Kirkland/TIME & LIFE Pictures/Getty Images — Female workers at the Buffalo Labor Plant working on a windshield wiper assembly line (1943) / 4. FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images — Welders at work in the Sun Shipyards in Philadelphia (1937) / 5. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images — Ford Motor Company assembly line in Dearborn, Mich / 6. Cincinnati Museum Center/Getty Images — The Procter & Gamble production line where employees bottled Joy dish detergent in Cincinnati (1955) / 7. Andreas Feininger/TIME & LIFE Pictures/ Getty Images — Workers making plexiglass domes for aircraft (1945) / 8. Eliot Elisofon/TIME & LIFE Pictures/Getty Images — Women working on the production line at the Cambell's Soup plant in Camden, N. J. (1956) / 9. Dmitri Kessel/TIME & LIFE Pictures/Getty Images — Women workers assembling airplane parts at Consolidated Aircraft in Fort Worth (1942) / 10. Mac Gramlich/Hulton Archive/Getty Images — Female factory workers assembling machine parts during World War II (1942) / 11. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images — American mechanics carrying casings on their heads (1939).
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The concept of the modern factory system originated during the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, but one of the earliest examples of a large-scale manufacturing complex was the Derby Silk Mill in England, which began operations in 1721. It is considered one of the first factories because it brought together workers and machinery under one roof to produce silk thread on a mass scale. The Derby Silk Mill’s innovative use of water power to drive its machinery set a precedent for future factories, leading to the development of the factory system that revolutionised production and laid the foundation for modern industrial manufacturing.
Henry Ford’s innovative assembly line production system revolutionised the automotive industry and set new standards for manufacturing efficiency. When Ford introduced the moving assembly line at his Highland Park plant in Michigan in 1913, it dramatically reduced the time and cost of producing automobiles. What used to take over 12 hours to assemble a single car was reduced to just 93 minutes, allowing Ford to mass-produce affordable vehicles like the Model T and make car ownership accessible to the average person. This breakthrough in manufacturing not only transformed the automotive industry but also had a profound impact on global manufacturing practices across various sectors.
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