Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant - Omaha, Nebraska
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BruceS
N 41° 16.087 W 095° 56.195
15T E 254018 N 4572681
Former automobile manufacturing facility located on the north side of Omaha's downtown.
Waymark Code: WM11V6
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2006
Views: 12
"Constructed in 1916 the five-story Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant is located near downtown Omaha. The plant is significant as an early example of a building type that facilitated modifications in the mass production process. Previously, complex products like automobiles were moved from building to building to be assembled where the parts were manufactured. The Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, known as an "all-under-one-roof" structure, represent an early step in streamlining the manufacturing process for products like the automobile. Typically in this type of building an efficient assembly process flowed downwards through the building beginning with pierce work on the upper floors and ending with a finished product on the lowest floor. The Omaha Assembly Plant apparently reversed this model, receiving parts on the first floor and assembling them up through the building to the finishing area on the top floor." ~ Nebraska State Historical Society website.
The building has now been converted in to loft apartments and an entertainment facility.
Street address:
1514-1524 Cuming St.
Omaha, Nebraska
County / Borough / Parish: Douglas County
Year listed: 2004
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Domestic, Culture and Recreation
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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