Cambridge Assembly was a Ford Motor Company factory in Cambridge, Massachusetts which opened in 1913. The factory had the first vertically integrated assembly line in the world.[1] It was replaced in 1926 by the Somerville Assembly.[2] The plant was later reused by Polaroid Corporation, and is now owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
References
edit- ^ "Building History- 640 Memorial Drive". Retrieved 22 December 2013.[dead link]
- ^ "Squares and Neighborhoods - Assembly Square". City of Somerville. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-30, "Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, 640 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA", 1 photo, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
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