Tag: Manufacturing

  • Ford’s Village Industries

    NORTHVILLIANS, Last week, we touched on activities around our Bennett Arboretum (oldest in Michigan) and mentioned we would talk more about Henry Ford’s Hydro-electric plants on this waterway, which he called “Village Industry Plants”. Most of these started as gristmills in the late1800’s and were purchased by Ford in the 1920’s. Northville’s Valve Plant was…

  • Automobiles

    NORTHVILLIANS, It’s been an incredible week, with masks starting to come off and changes in COVID policies bringing us one step closer to normality. We truly can see the light at the end of the Pandemic tunnel.  A few weeks ago, we started a series on Trains, Planes & Automobiles in Northville. Today we will…

  • Planes

    NORTHVILLIANS, Last week, we started a series on Trains, Planes & Automobiles in Northville. Today we will talk about Planes in all aspects as they relate to Northville, including production of the Stinson Aircrafts. These trailblazing planes were built at our historic industrial area, close to where the Foundry Flask is today on Cady Street.…