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The new thing about the Model T Ford wasn't that it was a new invention - the big thing with it was it was made on an assembly line - mass production - instead of hand made, individually.
That was the first (I believe), large scale assembly line production of a complex machine.
It allowed two things, not previously available:
#1 A car that cost much less
#2 The Ford assembly workers to make a much better pay than was possible previously for assembly workers.
It was a pivotal success for the Industrial Revolution.
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