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Produced at a price the average worker could afford, the sales of the Model T dominated the auto market by 1914. Instrumental in this ascension to the top was Ford’s implementation of the assembly line, the final stage of which is shown in this footage.</p> <p><div align="center"><a href="ford.htm"><img src="images/himmoreinfomodelt.gif" width="220" height="31" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" align="middle"></a></div></td> </tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> </td>   <td width="120" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td>  <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tags.expo9.exponential.com/tags/EyeWitnesstoHistorycom/ROS/tags.js"></script>    </td></tr></table> </td>  </tr></table>    <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" width=121> <img src="images/sidefillerb.gif" width="121" height="17" align="left" hvspace="0" hspace="0" border="0"> </td></tr></table>   <table width="100%" bgcolor="#e6dfc8" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="bottom"> <div align="center"><span class="navigation"><a href="awfrm.htm">Ancient World</a> | <a href="mefrm.htm">Middle Ages/Renassiance</a> | <a href="17frm.htm">17th Century</a> | <a href="18frm.htm">18th Century</a> | <a href="19frm.htm">19th Century</a> | <a href="cwfrm.htm">Civil War</a> | <a href="owfrm.htm">Old West</a> | <a href="20frm.htm">20th Century</a></span></div></td></tr> <tr><td><div align="center"><span class="navigation"><a href="w1frm.htm">World War One</a> | <a href="w2frm.htm">World War Two</a> | <a href="photofrm.htm">Photo of the Week</a> | <a href="snpfrm.htm">SnapShots</a> | <a href="vofrm.htm">Voices</a> | <a href="himmenu.htm">History in Motion</a> | <a href="eyindx.htm">Index</a> | <a href="index.html">Home</a></span></div></td></tr></table> <TABLE border="0" bgcolor="#D1D2B4" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td valign="top"> <div align="center"> <font face="arial" Size="-2">Copyright © Ibis Communications, Inc.</font></div><br> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" bgcolor="#D1D2B4" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr> <TD align="left"><img src="images/boxbl4.gif" border="0" ALT=""></TD> <TD><img src="images/spacer.gif" HEIGHT="1" WIDTH="1" border="0" ALT=""></TD> <TD align="right" valign="middle"><img src="images/boxbr4.gif" border="0" ALT=""></TD> </tr></table>  <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1994783-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> </body> </html>