Munising Wood Products
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factory that operated in Munising, Michigan from 1911 to 1955.
Brief Chronology
| 1877 | The Freeman Manufacturing Company is established in Kalkaska, Michigan. |
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| 1911 | The Munising Woodenware Company, successor to the Freeman Manufacturing Company, is established and incorporated. |
| ca. 1916 | The Munising Woodenware Company merges with the Munising Veneer Company. The new company is known as the Munising Woodenware Company. |
| 1934 | The Munising Woodenware Company merges with the Piqua Handle and Manufacturing Company of Marquette. It becomes known as the Piqua-Munising Wood Products Company, with main offices in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| 1939 | The veneer mill in Munising discontinues production briefly and is then purchased by the Atlas Plywood Corporation. |
| 1940 | Piqua-Munising Wood Products declares bankruptcy in (although production continues) and is purchased by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, which has been a majority owner of the Piqua-Munising operation. It now becomes known as Munising Wood Products. This includes the Munising and Marquette operations. |
| 1941 | The main offices move from Cleveland to Marquette. |
| ca. 1945 | The joint operation is purchased by the Dearborn Company and the main offices are moved to Chicago. |
| 1955 | Munising operations cease. |
| 1960 | Marquette operations cease. |
| The Munising operation was located on what is now Mill Street. The Marquette mill was on the site of the present Marquette Senior High School. | |
