The Assembly Line: A Great Invention

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The assembly line was a great invention. It helped a lot of people. How did it help people? Who invented it? These are all great questions that I will answer. The man who invented the assembly line was Henry Ford. He was born on July 30, 1863. His home town was Dearborn, Michigan. He went to school at Detroit Business Institute in Detroit, MI. He got married to Clara Ala Bryant in 1888. He passed away on April 7, 1947 in his home town.
He made cars with his assembly line. Me made a few different cars but,His most famous car built was the Model T ford. They built over 15,000,000 of them. When he released them he said “you can have it in any color you want as long as it's black.” He also built trucks. Now there is a truck

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