Materials & Manufacturing · Recorded milestone
Moving assembly line
Recorded year1913
Ford cuts Model T build time from 12 hours to 90 minutes.
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- Ford Model TRecorded · 1908enables
Led to
- Mass-produced tractorRecorded · 1917enables
- Five-day, 40-hour weekRecorded · 1926enables
- Pre-sliced breadRecorded · 1928enables
- Mass-built suburbsRecorded · 1947enables
- Assembly-line fast foodRecorded · 1948enables
- Lean manufacturingRecorded · 1950enables
- Automated guided vehicleRecorded · 1953enables
- Interstate highway systemRecorded · 1956requires
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.