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But how did this gritty Midwestern port become the Motor City? Why was its fate to dominate the American car and truck market in the 20th Century? How did Detroit give birth to the Big Three (and dozens of other carmakers that have come and gone)?
Here are the key factors that positioned Detroit as the automotive capital of the world:
Pioneers of Detroit Auto Industry
Some of the inventors and industrialists who began building the first vehicles in the 1890s and early 1900s happened to be born and bred in Michigan. If they didn't start here, Detroit attracted them. Michigan proved to be a magnet for men with a mechanical gift eager to tap into the state's industrial bounties.
Henry Ford was born and raised in Dearborn, Mich., where he built his iconic Ford River Rouge plant in the 1920s. The mammoth factory still turns out Ford F-150 pickups. Ford perfected the assembly line and sold more than 15 million Model T's to average folks, earning the unofficial title of the car that put the world on wheels, according to ford.com.
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