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- Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--New Orleans, Louisiana--1922-1923--Item25 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Albert Kahn, America's foremost industrial architect, designed Ford's modern, one-story New Orleans Assembly plant. The plant, which opened in 1923, supplied automobiles to three states until it closed in 1933.
- October 25, 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--New Orleans, Louisiana--1922-1923--Item25
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Albert Kahn, America's foremost industrial architect, designed Ford's modern, one-story New Orleans Assembly plant. The plant, which opened in 1923, supplied automobiles to three states until it closed in 1933.
- Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--New Orleans, Louisiana--1922-1923--Item26 - Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Albert Kahn, America's foremost industrial architect, designed Ford's modern, one-story New Orleans Assembly plant. The plant, which opened in 1923, supplied automobiles to three states until it closed in 1933.
- October 25, 1922
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--New Orleans, Louisiana--1922-1923--Item26
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Albert Kahn, America's foremost industrial architect, designed Ford's modern, one-story New Orleans Assembly plant. The plant, which opened in 1923, supplied automobiles to three states until it closed in 1933.