The information on this page has been reproduced from the book New Jersey: Life, Industries and Resources of a Great State published in 1928 by the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. It is included on this site because of its historical interest to those who grew up in Kearny, New Jersey

The big Kearny establishment is chiefly an assembly plant. Parts are shipped to Kearny by freight from the Detroit headquarters of the Ford Company. From here they are consigned, by rail or ship, to distributing centers in the East. Cars assembled at Kearny are for domestic distribution and also for foreign sale. Shipments are made to Europe and South America by Ford-owned boats. Where possible, however, the overseas demand is supplied by foreign assembly plants of the Ford Motor Company.

The highest figure for assembly of cars in a single day at the Kearny plant, which was opened in 1918, is 700. When full production of the model "A" is under way, the production here will probably reach 1,000 cars a day.

The buildings are on property occupying 90 acres. The floor area of the buildings is 1,000,000 square feet. The Ford power-house generates all the current required by the assembly plant.

Cleanliness is the motto of the organization. The place is kept immaculately clean by a sanitation force. Employees are not allowed to smoke within the plant. One of the basic Ford policies, that of manufacturing near the source of supply and assembling near the point of distribution, results in enormous savings in transportation costs. It also enables the company to maintain its manufacturing schedules with accuracy, thus avoiding a shortage on one hand and a surplus of materials on the other.

The cycle of Ford manufacture begins in the iron and coal mines, follows Ford-owned transportation routes, and includes the conversion and fabrication of the materials until the completed Ford products are placed in the hands of the customers.