- Details
- Hits: 350
Industry: Three Rivers, MI - Sheffield Car Works
The Sheffield Car Works in Three Rivers built velocipede vehicles for railroad section crews.
The works was located in the northwest quadrant of the Lake Shore and Air Line railroad crossing.
Photo info: A bird's eye view of the works.
Notes
Time Line
1885. The Sheffield Velocipede Car company has recently rec eived an order for 50 cars from Australia, and 29 cars from New Zealand. [LCS-1885-0528]
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