During the 1950s, Ford Motor Co. operated two assembly plants in Chicago.

Ford Motor Co. has a long history associated with Chicago. In fact, that connection goes back several decades before its current assembly plant was constructed.

Ford Motor Co. began producing cars in Chicago 10 years before the current assembly plant opened a century ago.

The historic factory has made everything from Model T’s to SUVs since 1924.

CHICAGO—Ford Motor Co.’s factory here opened its doors 100 years ago this week.

Vertical integration once thrived on the Southwest Side of Chicago.

WASHINGTON—A group of former "Rosie the Riveters" from Michigan recently took part in an Honor Flight to the nation’s capital, where they met with lawmakers.

For decades, General Motors was king of the highway and queen of the rails. In addition to mass-producing buses, cars and trucks, the automaker was once the largest locomotive builder in the world. At a massive factory just west of Chicago, GM’s Electro-Motive Division (EMD) assembled powerful machines that helped transition American railroads from steam to diesel.

Take a walk down manufacturing history lane as we learn about transitioning from Industry 0.5 to 1.0 during the American Revolution.

Once upon a time, many of the fuel gauges, speedometers and other mechanical instruments used in automobiles and other vehicles were made ion the North Side of Chicago by Stewart-Warner Corp.