Industry: Peninsular Car Company, Detroit, MI

Photo info: Below a photo of the Peninsular Car Works on Ferry Street in Detroit, in 1884. [Detroit Public Library collection].

The Peninsular Car Company was located in the Milwaukee Junction area of Detroit. It was built in 1864.

Rail service: GT

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Time Line

1881. February 10. The capital stock of the Peninsular Car Works has been increased to $200,000. T.D. Buhl is President of the corporation, and the remaining directors are Frank J. Hecker, C.H. Buhl, R.A. Alger and Willis E. Walker. [DFP-1881-0210]

1884, The Peninsular Car Company will build a railroad for its own use and the convenience of its employees. The road will run along the south side of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway from Woodward avenue and through to Harper avenue, the northern front of the company's projected new works. [DFP-1884-0329]