360What happened in 1913?
4 moments from 1913 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 13 August 1913
Stainless steel is first made
On 13 August 1913, the metallurgist Harry Brearley cast a steel containing chromium in Sheffield, England, while looking for a metal for gun barrels. He noticed it did not rust. Stainless steel is now used in cutlery, sinks, surgical tools and buildings around the world.
- On this day · 1 December 1913
Ford starts its moving assembly line
On 1 December 1913, Henry Ford's Highland Park plant in Michigan began using a moving assembly line for the whole Model T. Cars moved past workers who each did one task. Build times fell from about 12 hours to about 90 minutes, and prices fell too.
- 1913 · from The 1910s: the Titanic, the First World War and a deadly flu
Ford's moving assembly line
- 1913 · from Ford launches the Model T, the car for the many
The moving assembly line begins