Digging Detroit: Episode 17 - Birthplace of the Model T, Detroit's Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In 1904, Henry Ford purchased three acres beside a railroad line off Woodward and moved his new car company from Mack to Piquette Avenue. Join Digging Detroit with special guest Tom Genova and come explore the historic Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, rescued from demolition and transformed into an amazing collection of priceless cars and fascinating stories about six revolutionary years for Detroit and America.
More at: www.DiggingDetroit.com
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant re-opens to the public on April 1st.
For more information, call 313-872-8759 or visit them at www.FordPiquetteAvenuePlant.org
Credits
Guest: Tom Genova
Hosts: Pete Kalinski and Thomas J. Reed, Jr.
Director/Camera/Editor: Kevin Walsh, MMD Productions, LLC
Producers: Pete Kalinski, Thomas J. Reed, Jr. and Kevin Walsh
Photos Courtesy of: Benson Ford Research Center and the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Special Thanks: Marion Christiansen and Brian Wilson
Check out our other 16 episodes at: diggingdetroit....
Big thanks to those who saved this building.
I live in LA but grew up in Detroit. I went to see this museum last year while visiting my family. Tom was my tour guide and he's got so much knowledge about Ford and the factory. Thanks for the great tour Tom ! I miss many things about Detroit, I wish this museum was open when I lived there. It's a must see. Be sure to go if you love automotive history.
Excellent interview and video! Thank you!
When it was time to move to Highland Park, my grandfather worked for the man in charge of identifying the machinery here at Piquette and placing it at Highland Park, Mr. Edward Gray, who Ford hired to be his Chief Engineer and Construction Engineer. Working with Albert Kahn, Gray added many new features at Highland Park, including some of the first air conditioning systems in a plant. Gray was the designer of all of the Power Plant engines at Highland Park, starting with the first 1500 hp engine built at Riverside Engine Company in Oil City where my grandfather started working for Mr. Gray as his 'draughtsman' in 1906, then moving to Highland Park around 1909-1910 to continue as his draftsman. The later engines were built in Hamilton, Ohio as Gray cut his ties to Riverside Engine and that plant would not have been able to build them anyway. Amazing times, indeed!
I’ve been there and it’s definitely worth going to see
A very nice story and interview. Thank You
Ford didn't invent the automobile, but he was one of the first to come up with the moving assembly line. He based it partly on slaughterhouses, which are moving DISassembly lines.
I recently completed a review of the history of the Model T as a flex fuel (multi-fuel) vehicle. Read the entire report at:
YES, TIN LIZZIE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC
www.theautochannel.com/news/2019/04/20/660939-yes-tin-lizzie-was-alcoholic.html.