R. E. Olds' industrial reach in the Lansing area did not stop with the manufacture of automobiles. With the incorporation in 1903 of National Coil Co (Olds President, Cooley V.P.) he began a series of independent shops that could produce technologies on which he already held patents or was in the process of developing. The first National Coil shop was at 420-422 E. Michigan Ave, and then moved to the old Maud S. Windmill and Pump site, at 221-223 N. Cedar.
