Why Florida Demolished The Historic Ford Model T Factory
It's easy to forget just how revolutionary the historic Ford Model T was. . As such, it's rightly one of the most important vehicles of all time.
However, . Yet, even with such a revolutionary approach to manufacturing, producing 15 million cars was beyond the scope of any single factory, e.
Soon, Ford factories were churning out the Model T not just in America, but including in the U.K. One U.S. factory that built the car was situated in Jacksonville, Florida. . However, it never built cars again. .
The history of Ford's Jacksonville factory
Ultimately, , all Model T production stopped. However, while this marked the end of the Model T production run, the Jacksonville factory remained a Ford facility for another four decades. — the Ford Model A. This was its manufacturing swansong, as.
In 1968, F. Despite Ford vacating the premises, . The building was sold to .
and use initially denied. However, . In the end, as with the Model T, time had run out for the building, and Florida's memento of its early days building Fords is now a memory, with the building finally being demolished.