Russel Wheel and Foundry Company manufactured

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s, rail car wheels, logging equipment and

structural steel Structural steel is a category of steel used for making construction materials in a variety of shapes. Many structural steel shapes take the form of an elongated beam having a profile of a specific cross section. Structural steel shapes, sizes, ...

, Tall Skeletal

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Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

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between 1876 and 1916. In 1916, the company name was changed to Russel Steel Construction Company.History of Wayne County and the city of Detroit, Michigan Clarence Monroe Burton, Mary Agnes Burton, H. T. O. Blue, Gordon K. Miller - 1930 Russel Wheel & Foundry supplied and erected the iron and structural steel for the

Hammond Building The Hammond Building was a high-rise building completed in 1889 at the southeast corner of Griswold Street and M-85 (Michigan highway), West Fort Street in the Detroit Financial District, financial district of downtown Detroit, downtown Detroit, M ...

in Detroit. When the Great Depression hit, they closed their doors and never reopened. Russell Car and Snow Plow Company of Ridgeway, Pennsylvania and the Russel Wheel and Foundry Company of Detroit, MI have no relation. Walter S. Russel of the Russel Wheel and Foundry Company purchased the

K-R-I-T Motor Car Company K-R-I-T (or simply "Krit") was a small automobile manufacturing company (1909–1916) based in Detroit, Michigan. History Krit Motor Car Company's name probably originated from Kenneth Crittenden, who provided financial backing and helped desig ...

in 1911

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Full text scan of The Hardwood Recorder, Volume 23
10/25/1906 published by The Hardwood Company Chicago, IL Manufacturing companies based in Detroit Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of the United States