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A Brief History of the Mann Family and Their Involvement in the Axe Manufacturing Industry. Privately published as an "Exploring Axe History Book." [71] McBride, Michael S. (2024). A Brief History of O.A. Norlund and the Axes, Hatchets, and Other Products that Bear His Name. Privately published as an "Exploring Axe History Book." [72]
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Michigan began in 1892 with the invention and manufacture of the Marble Universal ... U.S. patent 834,628 Axe ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Axemann was named after the local Mann Axe Factory. [3] The community once was a center of axe manufacturing in ...
Webster L. Marble (1854–1930) was an inventor, early outdoorsman, and prolific patent-holder who spent the majority of his life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.His manufacturing company, now known as simply as Marble Arms, has operated in the town of Gladstone, Michigan since 1898.
Their wills bequeathed the house to the people of Michigan. The Michigan Historical Center has operated it as a museum since 1970. [3] [4] The house was named a Michigan State Historic Site on June 18, 1970, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1970. The house is representative of 1880s middle-class ...
The Piquette Avenue Industrial Historic District is a historic district located along Piquette Street in Detroit, Michigan, from Woodward Avenue on the west to Hastings Street on the east. The district extends approximately one block south of Piquette to Harper, and one block north to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Line.
The original section of the plant was completed in 1905, and the factory began producing file folders, cardboard binders and index cards in early 1906, with a staff of 60 people. A few years later, the company began constructing wooden bookcases and other office furniture. The company made an addition in 1909, doubling the floor space.
In 1871, the Michigan Air Line Railroad between Jackson and Niles was built. The track was leased by the Michigan Central Railroad, and eventually became part of the New York Central Railroad. The availability of transportation spurred growth in Concord, and local agriculture boomed. In addition, small industries sprang up in the area around ...