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Who built Ford's assembly line, and why Sorensen's title is disputed

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Charles E. Sorensen (Wikipedia)
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Sorensen (with others, notably Walter Flanders, Clarence Avery, and Ed Martin) is credited with developing the first automotive assembly line, having formulated the idea of moving a product (for cars, that would be in the form of the chassis) through multiple workstations.
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