Did the automotive assembly line always exist? That's a question some people ask and want to know. The automotive assembly line was not made until the early 1900’s. While the automotive assembly line has come a long way since being invented in the early 1900’s, the automotive industry has come a long way, it had a lot of impact, and the history of the assembly line is very interesting. Henry Ford was the inventor of the assembly line and was born in Wayne County, Michigan on July 30, 1863. Ford is known for his assembly line methods (“Henry Ford”). Henry left home when he was 16 to find machine jobs in Detroit (“Henry Ford”). Ford liked working on some engines at home when he wasn’t farming with his dad (“Henry Ford”). He was determined to make a gasoline engine, his first one he made toward the end of 1893 and that's really where it all started (“Henry Ford”). He first introduced the assembly line idea to the Ford Motor Company in Highland Park, Michigan in 1913(“Who invented the assembly line?”). Ford wanted to make it easier so that the men didn’t have to move from one spot to another around the automobile (“The moving assembly line and five dollar work day”). Ford contributed in something called the “$5 Work Day”, which would almost more than double the workers daily wage (“The moving assembly line and five dollar work day”).