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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 in Detroit. When the Great Depression hit, they closed their doors and never reopened.

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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

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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