Henry Ford's First Car

Henry Ford with Co-Worker at Edison Illuminating Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1896

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In 1891, Henry Ford left his small lumber business to work as a night engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. By early 1894, he was promoted to chief engineer. The same year he posed for this photograph, Ford completed his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle, with the help of some of his coworkers.

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