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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29VX_wayne-industries_Wayne-MI.html
From this building many industries put people in motion. The first was Harroun Motor Car Company, which built more than 3,000 vehicles here from 1915 to 1922. From 1924 to 1927 Gotfredson Truck made heavy duty trucks and bus chassis in this plant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29V4_s-s-edmund-fitzgerald_Detroit-MI.html
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald known as one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes, passed by this location transporting taconite iron ore to ports in Detroit, Toledo and beyond. November 10, 2015 marked 40 years since this 729-foot steamer succu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UU_bishops-residence_Detroit-MI.html
Side 1 This Tudor Revival residence was constructed in the mid-1920s. The Boston architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh designed the house for the Catholic bishop of Detroit during the tenure of Michael J. Gallagher. Its ecclesiastical origins …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29KS_the-ford-rotunda_Dearborn-MI.html
The Ford Rotunda is a lost landmark that is still remembered fondly. Architect Albert Kahn — who designed many Ford factories and buildings — designed the building for Ford's exhibit at the 1933-34 "Century of Progress" World's Fair i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29JZ_uaw-local-600_Dearborn-MI.html
Conditions were ripe for the rise of unionism in the Depression-ravaged 1930s. Ford Motor Company was the last of the "Big Three" to unionize. The turning point came on May 26, 1937, when Ford security men brutally beat UAW organizers at the "Bat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29JO_wyoming-avenue_Dearborn-MI.html
Wyoming Avenue has a vivid industrial history. Brick-making flourished in the 1800s as companies like Clippert, Haggerty and Mercier took advantage of the area's rich clay deposits. Automakers competing with Ford later came to this east side of D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ID_planning-for-people_Dearborn-MI.html
This distinctive neighborhood was born in 1919 and 1920. In those years, Henry Ford built 156 homes for sale to his Dearborn Fordson Tractor Plant employees. The two-story, three- and four-bedroom homes were built with the most current materials …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29H5_the-carver-lab_Dearborn-MI.html
One of history's great scientists worked here. Renowned scientist George Washington Carver and Henry Ford became friends in 1936. Both were interested in developing synthetic rubber and plastics from soybeans, peanuts and cotton. Ford built Carve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24H4_detroit-edison-company-building_Northville-MI.html
The Detroit Edison Company's Northville regional office was located here from 1929 to 1971. The company had a reputation for offices that were "a credit to the community." Upon completion this building, which housed the overhead lines department a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TL_joshua-simmons_Livonia-MI.html
began farming this property in 1826. The farm lane started at the barns and ran south down the middle of the farm to this location and the surrounding farm fields. The fence on the east side of the lane and one gate still remain. Part of the farm …
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