Industry: Alpena, MI - Alpena Motor Car Company

The Alpena Motor Car Company opened a plant on the north side of Alpena in 1910. The plant was located on the property which now used by the Besser Corporation headquarters. The company was served by the Detroit & Mackinac railway using a spur off their line.

The buildings and property were purchased by Besser in 1913 and the company went bankrupt in February, 1914.  [BES]

Notes

The factory employed 70 people and there were claims that Alpena would become an "Automobile City"^[3] and that the factory would soon be producing 3,000 a year, although these did not transpire. [Wiki]

Time Line

1910. Factory is opened.

1913. Factory buildings and property sold to the Besser Manufacturing Company.