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Henry Ford resigns from Edison to work on building cars
August 15, 2021 @ 12:00 am
On this day in 1899, in Detroit, Michigan, Henry Ford resigned his position as chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company’s main plant, in order to concentrate on automobile production.