Union Pump Company

Union Pump Company is a Michigan historical marker in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, dedicated 1985.

3433 Midlink Drive, Kalamazoo

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In 1884, A.E. Preston, John Heyser, Edward Keet, and James Gridley opened a small machine shop in the basement of a wagon shop. There they manufactured woodworking and ironworking machinery. The company was incorporated on May 22, 1885, when D. W. Lovell joined the founders. In 1893 the company relocated here. By 1894 the firm, originally known as the Union Manufacturing Company, was capitalized as seventy-five thousand dollars and wholly engaged in the manufacturing of steam pumps. The present name, Union Pump Company, was adopted in 1959.

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Historical maps covering this location

1873 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1886 · J.T. Barker's Railroad and Township Map of Indiana. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Southern Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1918 · Kalamazoo, Michigan (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's Michigan (1874), 1874, covering the location of Union Pump Company, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Michigan (1874), 1874, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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