Which Ford plant became the primary production site for the Model T in 1910?

The Highland Park Plant became the primary Model T production site in 1910.

Ford initially built production Model Ts at the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, where the first production car was completed in September 1908. Demand quickly exceeded Piquette’s capacity, so Ford shifted most Model T production to the larger Highland Park complex by January 1910. Piquette was completely vacated by October that year.

Highland Park transformed the Model T from a promising automobile into a mass-produced product. The complex was designed by architect Albert Kahn and opened in 1910 with integrated manufacturing facilities, including factories, offices, a power plant, and a foundry. Its most famous innovation arrived on October 7, 1913, when Ford introduced the moving assembly line for automobile production there.

The plant is sometimes confused with River Rouge, another famous Ford complex in nearby Dearborn. River Rouge became especially important later, while Highland Park was the central Model T site from 1910 through 1927. Ford eventually moved automobile assembly to Rouge as the Model T era ended and the company prepared to build the Model A.