  Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5216 Registered: 10-2003 |
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Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 775 Registered: 08-2007 |
JL- Great fun. Great clues. Keep 'em coming. | ||
Single_malt Member Username: Single_malt Post Number: 7 Registered: 02-2008 |
Is that at Grand River and Orchard Lake? Yes, this is good... | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5262 Registered: 10-2004 |
I knew what that DUR building was from the first shot... Actually, the location on the other side of GR was the bulk of the operation--its car barns and such. That set of buildings shown served as the coal-fired electrical power station and housed some offices. As to a brewery, I thought it was a winery instead. There's a historical plaque out there describing some details. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5217 Registered: 10-2003 |
LY, who said brewery? Read through the thread. Alright next up:  This company circa 1880's started out manufacturing one product, and then had a promotion where if you bought that product, you got a free gift. Turned out, the gift they gave out was more popular than the original product, and the company switched over to manufacturing that instead. VERY little of this structure remains. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5218 Registered: 10-2003 |
 Much better view. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 6140 Registered: 11-2003 |
Detroit Stove Works. jjaba. ps. I had guessed Train Power Plant on last one but was several hours too late. Great work Ray1936 and excellent HOF thread here developing with johnlodge at the controls. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5219 Registered: 10-2003 |
Jjaba, it is not Detroit Stove Works. Thanks for the fine compliment. I'm learning quite a bit myself while digging up extra info for hints and such! | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 2146 Registered: 11-2003 |
Wow! I jut clicked on, and I see we have now gone from depots to roller coasters to the Lasalle Winery and now to a building I can't identify ( though the water tower reminds me of the old tower of the Riley Stoker Company that used to be well East of Renaissance Center.) Can't wait for lodge's next photo-a funeral home? fire hall? You name it. He must have it. Oh yes, I would have been no help on the Lasalle Winery. The only building I ever visited on Grand River in Farmington was the (Governor) Warner mansion and that's because one of his daughters was my Aunt Helen. | ||
Mikefive Member Username: Mikefive Post Number: 31 Registered: 11-2005 |
Globe Tobacco Company | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5220 Registered: 10-2003 |
It is neither Riley Stoker nor Globe Tobacco. Clue: The company originally started out making Windmills. As I mentioned, they started giving a gift to customers who purchased one of their Windmills, and the gifts were so popular, they became the focus of the company. | ||
Mikefive Member Username: Mikefive Post Number: 32 Registered: 11-2005 |
Plymouth Iron Windmill Company. The popular product was BB Guns | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5221 Registered: 10-2003 |
You are correct, do you know the more modern name of the company? (They still exist, but left for the south in the early 60's) | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 777 Registered: 08-2007 |
suburb or city? | ||
Qdaddy77 Member Username: Qdaddy77 Post Number: 104 Registered: 05-2007 |
Daisy Manufacturing Co. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5222 Registered: 10-2003 |
Correct, Daisy Manufacturing, maker of Daisy Air Rifles. Today, the "Daisy Square" condominium development sits there.  Though one wall remains as a testament to days past. At least it did as of the date of this picture, September of last year.  Well done, guys. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5223 Registered: 10-2003 |
 Without the lettering blacked out. | ||
Alan55 Member Username: Alan55 Post Number: 1253 Registered: 09-2005 |
Johnlodge, here is info about the house that the owner of Daisy Manufacturing, William Markham, built for his secretary and mistress: http://www.plymouthpreservatio n.org/markhamhouse-1.html | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5224 Registered: 10-2003 |
Excellent find Alan! Thanks. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 2147 Registered: 11-2003 |
How 'bout that? Daisy Manufacturing Company. Just checked down in the basement and pulled out my son's Daisy Air Rifle, vintage 1981. The box describes it as a "Model 99 Champion 700 shot Target Repeater". Still looks pretty clean. The box says "Daisy Manufacturing Company, Rogers, Arkansas." So much for dear old Plymouth, Michigan. I know I had a good old Red Rider Daisy when I was a kid. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5230 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yes, Daisy headed for warmer pastures circa 1961. | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 4553 Registered: 10-2003 |
Great pics and thread JohnLodge. How well I remember the Walled Lake roller coaster. I had my first roller coaster ride on it when our sixth grade safety patrol was taken for an outing at the park as a reward for our service. It looked pretty rickety and I wondered if it was ready to fall down. But, as a boy in the era, you got 'chickened' in to doing things. So I got in with a friend. There was a pull down lap bar hinged to the front of the cart to hold onto and help keep you in the seat. As soon as we made the first plunge we found out that the bar's lock was broken and it raised and lowered with the twists and turns, lifting us off our seats when it did. It was terrifying, to say the least, and I was sure we were going to be flung out to our death. I got on too late to nail the Interurban power station, but I would add that there were also car 'barns' across the street. It was also the junction where the Orchard Lake line from Pontiac met the Grand River line. I would love to buy it, it borders on the Upper Rouge too, but I'd bet it is loaded with asbestos. It is truly a sad loss that the interurban and, more importantly, its rights of way were lost. | ||
Alan55 Member Username: Alan55 Post Number: 1259 Registered: 09-2005 |
It particularly galling that the Daisy Museum is down in Nowhere, Arkansas, instead of Plymouth, where everything began. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 6143 Registered: 11-2003 |
Excellent stuff, with 3 zingers from the suburbs. No wonder jjaba can't nail them. He's never been there. What am I, chopped liver? johnlodge, excellent thread. jjaba. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4599 Registered: 12-2005 |
HAHAHAHA! Rewarding a safety patrol with a ride on a rickety roller coaster with a faulty safety bar. I can hear it now. "Here kid. This'll teach you to be so gol-durned concerned about safety." It would have made a great scene in A Christmas Story. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 6144 Registered: 11-2003 |
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do, I'm half-crazy, all for the love of you... I'll buy you a horse and carriage, if I can have your hand in marriage... And we'll look sweet, upon the street on a bicycle built for two. jjaba, many Detroit references here.. | ||
Jgavrile Member Username: Jgavrile Post Number: 45 Registered: 09-2005 |
Seems to me that you could not buy a BB gun in the city of Detroit back in the 50's ,I think they had some kind of law against them?? I might be wrong. I remember going out to Plymouth with my Dad to buy a Daisy gun at the factory. They had refurbished ones at a cheaper price than a new one.I remember a real nice Wood lobby with glass cases holding all kinds of guns from the past. I still have that BB gun. It is a pump. Every once in a while I pour a few drops of oil down the barrel and cycle tha action in order to keep the seals from getting hard. Still works fine. Some of the models are worth quite a bit of money . There was 3 different companies from what I know. A guy named Hamilton ,working for the windmill co., came with the idea of the air rifle and offered it to the head of the windmill co. Mr. Hough. He liked it so much he exclaimed that it was a "Daisy" so the named the company that.The Markham/king air rifle was also made right next door I think. http://www.daisyking.com/histo ry/markham.htm http://home.comcast.net/~jimri ngbauer/HamiltonRiflesindex.ht ml Interesting is that Charles H. Bennett, who was the president of Daisy Air Rifle in 1903 was one of the original 12 investors in Ford Motor Co. He invested $5000. Hamilton also made real rifles (.22 cal.) They were all made in that one small area of Plymouth. | ||
Newportnic Member Username: Newportnic Post Number: 7 Registered: 11-2007 |
I was a property manager for the Telephone Co, and I believe that when we let our lease on the third floor lapse, it was the last straw for the "Markham Building" as it was called then. I thought it made for a hansom office building, with elevators and an atrium in the center. But then I like old buildings with a great story. | ||
Jgavrile Member Username: Jgavrile Post Number: 46 Registered: 09-2005 |
Were those glass cabinets still in the lobby?? | ||
Rel Member Username: Rel Post Number: 194 Registered: 02-2008 |
They're asking $4.25 MILLION for that house & property? Wow. The house alone is $1.4 million. AND a fixer-upper. Johnlodge, thank you for a great thread! |
