  Lpg Member Username: Lpg Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2008 |
Hello, I am a first time poster on the forum. I ran across it a couple of days ago. Saw all the great information and joined today. My question is does anyone have a photo or information about Michigan Malleable Iron Company. There were on Crossley and Gould in Delray. The address shows as 7740 Gould. My father worked there from 1927 until late 1956 when he was laid off due lack of work. They closed down shortly after. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5145 Registered: 10-2004 |
That must have been a pretty small place because that part of Delray is (still) mostly houses. That plant would have been between the equivalent of 51st and 52nd Street. | ||
Lpg Member Username: Lpg Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2008 |
There are shipping containers stored on the property now. The building was on the south side of Crossley in the second block west of Jefferson. I beleive the office was on Gould. I remember being inside only once as a small child. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5153 Registered: 10-2004 |
RAILWAY CARS, BRICKS, AND SALT: THE INDUSTRIAL quote: quote: 14 Detroit Gas & Coke Co. (1998 River Rd., bet. Cottrell & Solvay) 15 Solvay Process Co. (soda ash, ammonia, foundry & domestic coke, tar & pitch, River Rd., foot of Solvay Ave.) 18 Michigan Malleable Iron Co. (1905: Delray, bet. Crossley, St. Clair, and Anderson) 45 Detroit Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co. (Delray, at foot of Sulphite Ave.) 54 Detroit Iron & Steel Co. (Zug Island) | ||
Lpg Member Username: Lpg Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2008 |
That's the one. I just wish someone had a picture. I found my father's layoff notice from here. Dated Sept 21, 1956. I went there with my mother to see him once. He looked like a coal miner. I did not know who he was, until he spoke. When he came home from work we were not allowed to touch the bag he brought his dirty clothes home in. Nasty place. | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 405 Registered: 02-2005 |
LPG- Welcome to the forum! | ||
Lpg Member Username: Lpg Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2008 |
Thank you. This looks like a great resource for information. (Message edited by Lpg on February 13, 2008) | ||
Lpg Member Username: Lpg Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2008 |
I was able to contact a former employee and his wife who both worked at Michigan Malleable Iron Co. The company produced castings for Caterpillar, White, Dresser, Autocar and Gemmer among others. The company employed about 500 people. Many were family members. Several were 2nd generation to work there. The company was finally closed around 1960. Everything metal inside the building including the floors were sold for scrap. Does anyone know if any aerial photos were taken of Delray during the 30's, 40's or 50's ?? | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5264 Registered: 10-2004 |
The CULMA photo from 1949 and later should show what was left then. Malleable was part of an older company that built railroad cars elsewhere in Detroit. Some of those railroad people started car companies in the early 1900s. | ||
Lpg Member Username: Lpg Post Number: 10 Registered: 02-2008 |
Livernoisyard: thanks for the info, I found the CULMA photo from 1949. Wish they were a little higher resolution. (Message edited by lpg on February 20, 2008) |
