when did the auto industry start in detroit
Decline of Detroit
`` Detroit rose and fell with the automobile industry . '' Before the advent of the automobile , Detroit was a small , compact , regional manufacturing center . In 1900 Detroit had a population of 285,000 , the thirteenth largest city in the U.S. Over the following decades , the growth of the automobile industry , including affiliated activities such as parts manufacturing , came to dwarf all other manufacturing in the city . The industry drew in a million new residents to the city . At Ford Motor 's iconic and enormous River Rouge plant alone , opened in 1927 in Dearborn , there were over 90,000 workers . 
`` Detroit rose and fell with the automobile industry . '' Before the advent of the automobile , Detroit was a small , compact , regional manufacturing center . In 1900 Detroit had a population of 285,000 , the thirteenth largest city in the U.S. Over the following decades , the growth of the automobile industry , including affiliated activities such as parts manufacturing , came to dwarf all other manufacturing in the city . The industry drew in a million new residents to the city . At Ford Motor 's iconic and enormous River Rouge plant alone , opened in 1927 in Dearborn , there were over 90,000 workers .
In 1900, over the following decades, the growth of the automobile industry including affiliated activities such as parts manufacturing came to dwarf all other manufacturing in Detroit.   At Ford Motor's iconic and enormous River Rouge plant alone, opened in 1927 in Dearborn, there were over 90,000 workers.
In 1900 Detroit had a population of 285,000 , the thirteenth largest city in the U.S. Over the following decades , the growth of the automobile industry , including affiliated activities such as parts manufacturing , came to dwarf all other manufacturing in the city . At Ford Motor 's iconic and enormous River Rouge plant alone , opened in 1927 in Dearborn , there were over 90,000 workers .
In 1900 and over the following decades, the growth of the automobile industry including affiliated activities such as parts manufacturing came to dwarf all other manufacturing in Detroit. At Ford Motor's iconic and enormous River Rouge plant alone, opened in 1927 in Dearborn, there were over 90,000 workers.
In 1900 Detroit had a population of 285,000 , the thirteenth largest city in the U.S. Over the following decades , the growth of the automobile industry , including affiliated activities such as parts manufacturing , came to dwarf all other manufacturing in the city . At Ford Motor 's iconic and enormous River Rouge plant alone , opened in 1927 in Dearborn , there were over 90,000 workers .