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another. From 1903 to 1916, Kahn designed "all-under-one-roof" buildings for a variety of manufacturers. In such buildings, Ford's usual practice was to begin assembly on the top floor and move downward until the product was finished at ground level. The Omaha plant was an exception to this: assembly began on the lowest floor and moved upward. It is speculated that the roof was used for storage of finished automobiles.
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assembly plant, and built in 1916. Its design represents an important step in the development of Ford's assembly process. Previously, each step in the assembly of an automobile had taken place in a different building, which entailed a cost in time and labor to move the product from one building to
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In 2005, the building was opened as TipTop Apartments, a mixed-use building with office space on the first floor and with 96 loft-style apartments on the upper levels; an adjoining building houses a banquet-and-conference center.
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from 1956 to 1959. It was then vacant until 1963, when it was occupied by Tip Top Products, an Omaha manufacturer of liquid solder, hair accessories, and other plastic goods founded by
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In 1917, Kahn designed the first single-floor assembly plant with a continuous moving assembly line at Ford's
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After Ford's departure, the building was used as a warehouse by the
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Ford assembly plant, now TipTop Apartments; seen from the east
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant is located in Nebraska
Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant is located in the United States
Omaha, Nebraska
41°16′5″N 95°56′11″W / 41.26806°N 95.93639°W / 41.26806; -95.93639
Albert Kahn
04001412
North Omaha
Nebraska
Albert Kahn
Model T
Rouge River plant
Model A
Western Electric Company
Carl W. Renstrom
History of Omaha
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Omaha Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant".
Nebraska State Historical Society.
"Carl Renstrom".
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Omaha Innovators.
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