Industry: Wyandotte Rolling Mill, Wyandotte, MI

The Wyandotte Rolling Mill was located along the Detroit River in Wyandotte, MI. The company produced iron and steel products, including rails.

Rail service: MC and LS&MS.

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Time Line

1853. Eureka Iron Works was formed. Eber Brock Ward is the first president. 

1855. The company builds a complex of buildings here. A blast furnace and a bar mill known as Wyandotte Rolling Mill was also constructed as a spin-off company with the same owners. The two foundries were known as the Wyandotte Mills. 

1864. The company began manufacturing steel rails using the Bessemer process. 

1875. Eber Word passes away and the Wyandotte Rolling Mill declines. It had not been designed for steel production. The company was also running out of timber.

1879. The Wyandotte Rolling Mills went bankrupt in 1879. The land was taken over by the Eureka Iron & Steel Works through foreclosure.

1883. The Eureka Iron & Steel Works was reorganized and became the Eureka Iron and Steel Company.[

1883. A boiler explosion killed three workmen and injured several others, contributing to the company's demise.

1883. The company's property was sold at auction on October 10, 1883, and included all the plant necessary for making 70 to 80 tons charcoal pig iron per day: two blast furnaces, mills for manufacturing boiler plate, tank iron, sheet iron and bar iron, knobbing and puddling furnaces, foundry cuoplas, a boiler shop, a machine shop, a blacksmith shop, a pattern shop, testing machines, weigh scales, docks, railroad tracks, locomotives, charcoal kilns, cars, steam cranes, brick general offices, 1,200 acres (490 ha) of land, and 271 city lots

1892. The company finally went out of business.