This business was established in 1882 and made a variety of products, including sawmill machinery and steam engines. It survived until about 1980 but by that time they had not made engines or sawmill machinery for many years.
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| From 1887-88 Polk's Michigan State Directory |
Information Sources
- Advertisement in the 1911-04-15 St. Louis Lumberman.
- The company's Wikipedia page has considerably more information on them.
- The Michigan State Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1902, lists Manistee Iron Works as a maker of sawmill machinery, and indicates that the business was established in 1882.
- Lumber's Catalog of Mechanical Equipment and Supplies for 1921 lists this firm as a maker of sawmill machinery and band sawmills.