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Industry: Alpena, MI - Besser Manufacturing Company
The Besser Manufacturing Company was formed in 1902 in Alpena and manufactured cement block manufacturing machines and other products for the concrete industry. The company continues to exist today.
The company's headquarters is built on the property of the former Alpena Automobile Company. It had rail service from the D&M railway until the 1960's. [APN]
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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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