Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant

Long beach assembly is a former ford motor company assembly plant located at the cerritos channel on terminal island at 700 henry ford avenue in long beach southern california.

Ford long beach assembly plant.

Closed 1959 1930 1959 demolished in 1996 h na lorain assembly. On a national scale the long beach assembly plant reflected a national trend of industrial growth mass production of consumer goods and the consumption of those goods. Operations transferred to avon lake j na los angeles assembly. The long beach assembly plant operated until 1958 and typified the ford assembly line concept.

The overall purpose of these plants was to expand production of ford s model a which replaced the model t in 1927. On a national scale the long beach assembly plant reflected a national trend of industrial growth mass production of consumer goods and the consumption of those goods. Closed 2005 ford econoline. The long beach assembly plant operated until 1958 and typified the ford assembly line concept.

Ford long beach assembly plant ford long beach assembly plant development. Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure. The former henry ford bridge crossing the cerritos channel from the mainland to terminal island was located near the former plant site. Ford motor company built the long beach assembly plant during 1929 1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the united states.

Long beach california u s. The post war years the army turned back the ford plant to the company on september 7 1945 and on december 11 the first new ford rolled off the assembly line.