Michigan Paper Company Mill
N 42° 26.689 W 085° 38.557
16T E 611629 N 4700057
Coordinates take you to a park where you walk across bridge to the marker mounted on the wall. You can't miss it.
Waymark Code: WMXV83
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2018
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On January 26, 1886, twenty-five businessmen founded the Michigan Paper Company. Daniel Albertson, a mill designer from Kalamazoo, built the mill complex using slow-burn construction methods. Support were made of concrete, steel or timber. If ignited, the heavy timber floor would also burn slowly. Production began in August 1887. During the next twenty years, the number of buildings here doubled. By 1912, the company has added two more 130-foot machines, Production grew from eight tons to fifty tons daily. Ownership changed through the years until 2000, when the mill closed. In 2006, the City of Plainwell acquired the 36-acre site. In 2011 the Michigan Paper Company Mill was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Parking nearby?: yes
Registered Site #: L2273
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