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John M. Pennington died in 1929, and the house has soon purchased by automotive magnate Henry Ford, who purchased and restored the property in the 1930s. [3] He used the surrounding farmland to conduct experiments on soybeans. [2] Ford later sold the property, and it remains privately owned.
For the production of the Ford CD3 platform, Ford announced in 2003 to update the plant for increased efficiency and flexibility [6] Ford's US$1 billion investment included construction of a 1,750,000 sq ft (163,000 m 2) supplier park near the site. The improvements facilitated quick production shifts between models.
Edsel Bryant Ford (November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943) was an American business executive and philanthropist who was the only child of pioneering industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford.
William Clay Ford's 1939 Ford Midget Racer at Stahls Automotive Collection. Ford was born on March 14, 1925, in Detroit to Edsel Ford and Eleanor Lowthian Clay. [1]He graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, in 1943 [2] and received a Bachelor of Science in economics from Yale University in 1949; he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, captain of the soccer and ...
Named for its founder, the automobile industrialist Henry Ford, and based on his efforts to preserve items of historical interest and portray the Industrial Revolution, the property houses homes, machinery, exhibits, and Americana of historically significant items as well as common memorabilia, both of which help to capture the history of life in early America.
Henry Ford Hospital (HFH) is an 877-bed tertiary care hospital, education and research complex at the western edge of the New Center area in Detroit, Michigan. [3] The flagship facility for the Henry Ford Health System, it was one of the first hospitals in the United States to use a standard fee schedule and favor private or semi-private rooms over large wards.
In 2022, the Ford Romania company was purchased by Ford Otosan and changed its name to Ford Otosan Romania SRL. The first Ford subsidiary company in Romania was founded in Bucharest in 1931 and functioned until 1948 when it was nationalized by the Communist authorities. In the 1930s the factory owned by Ford Româna could manufacture 600–700 ...
On January 27, the same day the Ford challenge resolution passed out of committee, U.S. Senator Charles E. Townsend of Michigan presented a letter from Senator-elect Newberry accusing Ford of running "the most elaborate, expensive, and pretentious [campaign] in the history of the State" and charging improper and unlawful practices by Ford ...