Old Wyandotte steel mill was a first-of-its-kind

On the shores of the Detroit River, at the southern tip of Bishop Park near downtown Wyandotte, a Michigan Historical Marker remembers a massive steel-making complex that once stood near here. The plant introduced the world to the Bessemer process, a new lower-cost way to mass produce steel.  

It was in the mid-1800s when the Eureka Iron Works introduced the world to the process that was soon adopted by other steel makers. Company headquarters operated out of a building at the corner of Biddle Avenue and Elm Street, where the Wyandotte Savings Bank lived starting in 1871. You can still see the Wyandotte Savings Bank name over the door facing Biddle.

The Eureka Iron Works closed in 1892, way before Dave was born, but by then it had helped the 'Dotte establish its industrial roots.