Location: Lake Shore Engine Works, Marquette, MI

The Lake Shore Engine Works was located in Marguette north of Lighthouse Point on Marquette Bay. It was served by the LS&I Railway.

This company was originally known as the Lake Superior Foundry Company, founded by Charles T. Harvey in 1858, builder of the Soo Locks and the first elevated railroad system in New York city. The company became the Lake Shore Engine Works in 1910.


Lake Shore Engine Works in MarquetteImage info: Top, a postcard view of the Lake Shore Engine Works in Marquette in 1910.

Notes

According to the Mining Journal, this industrial facility was built at 955 Lakeshore Boulevard in 1890 and manufactured mining, milling and general machinery. The abandoned complex was torn down in 2017.

The company's focus has been on maritime and mining equipment. In 1838, it merged with the Service & Supply Company of Iron Mountain, and became the Lake Shore Engineering Company. 

Current products include shipboard cranes, anchor handling systems, elevators, ramps and doors. The company is currently known as Lake Shore Systems, Inc. [UMS-2018-0726]]


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Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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