Compliance 30 years since the death of Henry Ford, the industrialist and entrepreneur whose groundbreaking assembly line opened the door to mass production of commercial automobiles, and whose name can be found not only in cars, but also in hospitals and schools throughout the state of Michigan.
Ford died of a brain hemorrhage on his property Fair Lane in Dearborn during the Rouge River flood of 1947, at 83 years.
He died in a room lit only by candles and kerosene lamps and heated by a wood-burning fireplace. The creator of the world’s largest industrial empire spent his last moments with only his wife whom he called his inspiration and a member of his household staff at his bedside.
Ford was born on his parents’ farm in Springwells Township, an area that is now part of Dearborn, on 30 of July from 1863. Reluctant to farm work almost immediately, he followed his natural talent for engineering and eventually landed a job as chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Co., according to the Detroit Historical Society.
After his departure from Edison in 1899, Ford toyed with several automobile-related business ideas before eventually founding Ford Motor Company in 1908. The success of the Model T, which Ford presented in 1908 as “everyone’s car”, put the brand in the map.
In addition to his company’s many manufacturing plants, Ford established his estate in Dearborn Fair Lane, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
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