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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:49

Ransom E. Olds Breakthrough Engines Turning Wheels

Ransom E. Olds founded a machine shop in Lansing that produced small engines, carriages, windmills, and other equipment used by farmers and and businesses. The…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:52

Prudden

Incorporated after the coming of the automobile, this plant at 701 May moved to the 700 block of East Saginaw to become one of the…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:57

Original Gas Engine Co, 1913

Olds was President and E.F. Cooley V.P. of The Original Gas Engine Co - a return for Olds to a company like his first on…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:41

Novo Factory Lansing

Clarence E. Bement, Lawrence Price, E.F. Peer, Donald Bates and R.H. Scott were all management to Novo at one time or another. Other than Bement (who started in his father's factory), all were ground-floor REO people. Manufacturers of "stationary gasoline engines and gray iron castings," this company's product line expanded throughout the years to include the largest kinds of industrial equipment. Pictured is the shop in 1912, after it moved to Sheridan Ave, along the rail lines of the Michigan Central and next to Auto Wheel. The backbone of the Novo Company in the early days was its Type S, vertical, four cycle hopper that was used mainly for cement and mortar mixing. Over 100,000 of these models were produced and, with increased power added over the years they helped the construction industry in the building up of American cities before the Great Depression in their use as hoists.

For some reason the management of the brand-new New-Way Motor Co thought they could succeed with the where Lansing's Clarkmobile had already failed. Using leftover…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:45

New-Way Factory, ca 1910

The New-Way Motor Co was incorporated January 1, 1905A.C. Stebbins-- the man who was once Secretary of OMVW, Secretary and Manager of Lansing Wheelbarrow, then…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:48

National Coil Letter, 1904 (now the Nuthouse)

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…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:54

Michigan Screw Co, 1913

As the story goes, one day while walking the shop floor at REO Olds witnessed a work slowdown because a local parts manufacturer was tardy…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 17:01

Michigan Science Center

With live stage shows, an IMAX Dome Theatre, a Planetarium, 250+ hands-on exhibits, lab activities, special exhibits and more, there are approximately two dozen ways…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 17:07

Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society

The Michigan Military Technical and Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the stories of Michigan citizens who served and sacrificed, here and abroad, from WWI…

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Tuesday, 12 June 2018 17:13

Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a 1400 acre racing venue located in the beautiful Irish Hills of southern lower Michigan, which hosts two NASCAR event weekends…

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