Birthplace of the world's first moving automotive assembly line, launched at the Highland Park Ford Plant on October 7, 1913 source
Community character
Enclave city surrounded by Detroit whose Ford plant made it a manufacturing boomtown in the 1910s and 1920s, now rebuilding around its historic civic landmarks source
Highland Park Ford Plant
Factory at 91 Manchester Street where the world's first moving automotive assembly line started on October 7, 1913, cutting Model T assembly from 728 to 93 minutes; a National Historic Landmark since 1978 source
McGregor Public Library
1926 library donated by Katherine Whitney McGregor, closed in 2002 and undergoing a $9.3 million restoration source
Five Dollar Day site
At this plant on January 5, 1914 Ford doubled wages to $5 a day and cut shifts to eight hours, driving employment to nearly 70,000 by 1925 source
Ford Plant grounds and Woodward corridor
Historic Woodward Avenue frontage of the landmark plant, a stop on Michigan's automotive heritage route source
McGregor Library grounds
Civic green space around the restored 1926 library building source
