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The Assembly Line: Then and Now (2:00)

In a History of the Holidays video, discover the origins of the assembly line in honor of our workers holiday, Labor Day. Learn who created the assembly line and what it was originally created for.

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An assembly line is an industrial arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers that allows for a continuous flow of work in mass-production operations.

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