Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure.

Ford long beach assembly plant.

Long beach california u s. Ford motor company built the long beach assembly plant during 1929 1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the united states. It operated from 1930 through 1958. Edwards announced it would be a tudor sedan but the plant would produce both cars and trucks.

The overall purpose of these plants was to expand production of ford s model a which replaced the model t in 1927. The former henry ford bridge crossing the cerritos channel from the mainland to terminal island was located near the former plant site. Operations transferred to avon lake j na los angeles assembly. Closed 1959 1930 1959 demolished in 1996 h na lorain assembly.

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. 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. 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. 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.

The long beach assembly plant operated until 1958 and typified the ford assembly line concept. Closed 2005 ford econoline.