Ford Edgewater Assembly Plant, New Jersey
Overview of the Auto Industry in New Jersey
Site Description
Pictures
Electric Substation
Boiler House
Tank Pond and Water Tower
Oil House
Assembly Building Exterior
Assembly Building Exterior 2
Administrative Pavilion Exterior
Assembly Building Exterior 3
Assembly Building Craneway
Assembly Building Central Craneway
Assembly Building Mezzanine Toilet
Assembly Building Export Craneway
Assembly Building Interior Drive up Doors
Interior Administrative Pavilion
Assembly Line
Assembly Line 2
Assembly Building Second Floor
Assembly Building Second Floor 2
Assembly Building Second Floor 3
Assembly Building Second Floor 4
Assembly Building Roof
Assembly Building Roof 2
Assembly Building Monitor Details
Located at 309 River road in Edgewater, New Jersey, the Ford Edgewater Assembly Plant was constructed between 1929 and 1931.
The Ford Assembly Plant at Edgewater was considered the most advanced and efficient automobile assembly plant for its time. Built as a replacement for the then out-moded, four-story assembly plant in Kearny, New Jersey, the Edgewater facility was one of the first fully-developed, two-story automobile assembly plants in the United States. Henry Ford took full advantage of the rail line, the deep water frontage, the free lighterage limit zone and proximity to a great labor and consumer market to experiment with the most modern equipment available to efficiently produce a low priced automobile.
TANK POND, OIL HOUSE, WATER TOWER, BOILER HOUSE AND ASSEMBLY PLANT WITH MANHATTAN IN BACKGROUND
First Civilian passenger cars (post WW II) come off the line in 1946