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Location: Boyne City, MI - Michigan Tannery & Export Company
The Boyne City Tannery was built in 1901 by W.S. Shaw. Shaw was a partner of W.H. White, the owner of White Lumbar Company and the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena railroad. White came up with the idea of opening a tanning leather company. The tannery was very successful and produced six million pounds of leather shoe sole annually.
Image info: A 1912 postcard view of the Michigan Tannery at Boyne City.
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The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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