Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 16, 2018
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a former factory located within the Milwaukee Junction area of Detroit, Michigan, in the United States. Built in 1904, it was the second center of automobile production for the Ford Motor Company, after the Ford Mack Avenue Plant. At the Piquette Avenue Plant, the company created and first produced the Ford Model T, the car credited with initiating the mass use of automobiles in the United States. Early experiments using a moving assembly line to make cars were also conducted there. It was also the first factory where more than 100 cars were assembled in one day. The factory was used by the company until 1910, when its car production activity was relocated to the new, bigger Highland Park Ford Plant. Studebaker bought the factory in 1911, using it to assemble cars until 1933. The building was sold in 1936, going through a series of owners for the rest of the 20th century before becoming a museum in 2001. The Piquette Avenue Plant is the oldest purpose-built automotive factory building open to the public, and has exhibits that primarily focus on the beginning of the United States automotive industry. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): N/A. To the best of my knowledge, this will be the first article about a car factory on the main page.
- Main editors: Jackdude101
- Promoted: 8 May 2018
- Reasons for nomination: 16 June 2018 will be the 115th anniversary of the founding of the Ford Motor Company.
- Support as nominator. Jackdude101 talk cont 16:59, 8 May 2018 (UTC)]] by Wehwalt (talk) 21:28, 8 May 2018 (UTC)