Peninsular Car Company
The Peninsular Car Company was a railroad rolling stock manufacturer, founded by Charles L. Freer and Frank J. Hecker in 1885.
In 1892, the company merged with Michigan Car Company, the Russel Wheel and Foundry Company, the and several smaller manufacturers to form the Michigan-Peninsular Car Company.
Sources[]
- Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State. 3rd Revised Ed., (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1995), 413–4.
Categories:
- Rolling stock manufacturers of the United States
- Manufacturing companies based in Detroit
- 1885 establishments in Michigan
- United States railway company stubs