How Did Henry Ford Develop

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In being a man that many people know for one of the greatest American creations, Henry Ford was born on July 30th, 1863. He was living through the time of a hard-working America. As he grew older he began to work his family farm, until he found out that he could leave the farm and go chase a path that he would love to take. He moved away at the age of 16 in order to work the machinery industry. Once he had get into the industry, he entered as an apprentice and had to show that he is valuable enough to go further on.. He worked his way up to being able to work on steams engines.
After Henry progress continues to grow, he now took the opportunity to work as a chief engineer, which was given to him by Thomas Edison. Ford’s skills began steadily flourish in learning the different methods and the needs that would need to be taken in order to be successful. Ford progressed his skills that he understood how the industry works and began working on his own cars. “In his spare time he began to build his first car, the Quadricycle. It resembled 2 bicycles positioned side by side with spindly bicycle-like wheels, a bicycle seat, and a barely visible engine frame.” As Henry began to get more involved within cars and motors is where he began to show the …show more content…

As he was designing new designs in his spare time, he finally found a car that would take over the car industry. This car that separated Henry Ford was the Model T. This design made it affordable for the middle class. All before cars were just the toys that the higher class could afford. Before the Model T was perfected the Model B was on the market and this car catered to people who had extra funds because of the size being larger. Ford saw this model did indeed to cater to the more wealthier so he states, “We will perfect Model T, design special machinery to produce it at a lower price than any other car on the market and stick to the one