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title: "Which came first, the Ford Motor Company or the Statue of Libe"
description: "the Ford Motor Company vs the Statue of Liberty: the Statue of Liberty came first, by 17 years — 1886 against 1903. What happened in each case."
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# Which came first, the Ford Motor Company or the Statue of Liberty?

**Which came first, the Ford Motor Company or the Statue of Liberty?: the Statue of Liberty**

1886 — 17 years before the Ford Motor Company

the Statue of Liberty came first, by 17 years. The statue was dedicated in New York Harbor.

## Side by side

|  | the Ford Motor Company | the Statue of Liberty |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Year | 1903 | 1886 |
| Date | 1903-06-16 | 1886-10-28 |
| Category | company | landmark |
| What happened | Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit. | The statue was dedicated in New York Harbor. |

## the Ford Motor Company

Ford was incorporated in June 1903, fourteen years after Nintendo and six months before the Wright brothers flew. The Model T followed in 1908 and the moving assembly line in 1913, which cut the time to build a car from twelve hours to about ninety minutes. Ford was Henry Ford's third attempt at a car company; the first two failed.

## the Statue of Liberty

Dedicated in October 1886, the statue predates the Eiffel Tower by two and a half years — and its internal iron framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel, who went on to use what he learned on the tower. It arrived from France in 214 crates and the American side had to raise the money for the pedestal by public subscription, which nearly failed. The copper skin is about 2.4 mm thick, roughly the thickness of two pennies.

## Common questions

### Which came first, the Ford Motor Company or the Statue of Liberty?

the Statue of Liberty, by 17 years — 1886 against 1903.

### When did the Ford Motor Company start?

1903. Ford Motor Company was incorporated in Detroit.

### When did the Statue of Liberty start?

1886. The statue was dedicated in New York Harbor.

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