Ford Piquette Avenue Plant LEGO model interior
This cut-away model of the Ford Piquette plant attempts to show the construction techniques of old mill style factory buildings. The Piquette plant had load bearing brick walls with wooden beams supporting two layer wooden floors. Albert Kahn's reinforced concrete factory designs as exemplified in the Ford Highland Park factory complex soon replaced this older style of factory.
Historic photos of the interior showed work tables along the windows and car chassis with only the front wheels installed in the middle. The fire doors on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the model are "functional" in that they slide open or closed. The "front office" portion of the building was longer than just the two bays depicted here; I used selective compression so I could show a portion of the "shop floor". While a few experiments with a moving assembly line were conducted at the Piquette plant, most cars were built in place with the workers bringing the various parts to the chassis.
The "LES" on the top of the exterior is the tail end of the slogan originally painted on the building "THE HOME OF THE CELEBRATED FORD AUTOMOBILES".
The model measures 20" L x 15" W x 12.5" high (50.8cm L x 38.1cm W x 21.7cm high). If I modeled the entire length of the factory, the model would have to be 107 inches (273 cm) long.
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant LEGO model interior
This cut-away model of the Ford Piquette plant attempts to show the construction techniques of old mill style factory buildings. The Piquette plant had load bearing brick walls with wooden beams supporting two layer wooden floors. Albert Kahn's reinforced concrete factory designs as exemplified in the Ford Highland Park factory complex soon replaced this older style of factory.
Historic photos of the interior showed work tables along the windows and car chassis with only the front wheels installed in the middle. The fire doors on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the model are "functional" in that they slide open or closed. The "front office" portion of the building was longer than just the two bays depicted here; I used selective compression so I could show a portion of the "shop floor". While a few experiments with a moving assembly line were conducted at the Piquette plant, most cars were built in place with the workers bringing the various parts to the chassis.
The "LES" on the top of the exterior is the tail end of the slogan originally painted on the building "THE HOME OF THE CELEBRATED FORD AUTOMOBILES".
The model measures 20" L x 15" W x 12.5" high (50.8cm L x 38.1cm W x 21.7cm high). If I modeled the entire length of the factory, the model would have to be 107 inches (273 cm) long.