The following list depicts the city in which each beet factory was constructed, the name of the contractor and the name of the organization that ordered its construction.
City            Constructor              Owner         
White Pigeon    Unknown            Samuel Chapin & Others
Essexville	Frederick Wolf       Michigan Sugar Company
Holland	       E. H. Dyer	       Holland Sugar Company
Kalamazoo	Frederick Wolf	       Kalamazoo Beet Sugar Company
Rochester	Frederick Wolf	       Detroit Sugar Company
Benton Harbor	E.H. Dyer	       Wolverine Sugar Company
Essexville	Kilby Mfg	       Bay City Sugar Company
Alma	       Kilby Mfg	       Alma Sugar Company
West Bay City	Bartlett Hayward     West Bay City Sugar Company
Caro	       A. Wernicke 	       Peninsular Sugar Refining Company
Marine City	A. W. Colwell 	       Marine City Sugar Company
Salzburg	Meinhausen Machinery	German-American Beet Sugar Cooperative
Lansing	       Kilby Manufacturing	Lansing Sugar Company 
Saginaw	       Kilby Manufacturing	Saginaw Sugar Company
Carrollton	Kilby Manufacturing	Valley Sugar Company
Mount Clemens	Kilby Manufacturing	Macomb Sugar Company
Croswell 	Dyer Company	       Sanilac Sugar Refining Company
Sebewaing	Fuehrman and Hapke	Sebewaing Sugar Refining Company
St.Louis	National Construction Company, St. Louis Sugar Company
Menominee	Kilby Manufacturing	Menominee Sugar Company
Owosso	       Kilby Manufacturing	Owosso Sugar Company
East Tawas	Kilby Manufacturing	Tawas Sugar Company
Blissfield	Dyer Company	       Continental Sugar Company
Charlevoix	Walburn-Swenson	West Michigan Sugar Company
Mount Pleasant	Henry Vallez	       Columbia Sugar Company
Welcome to the History of Michigan's Beet Sugar Industry where you will discover the detailed history of many of the sugar companies that once dotted Michigan's landscape and of those that continue to add value to Michigan's economy. Much of the credit for what became one of Michigan's enduring industries is owed to Thomas Cranage who formed Michigan Sugar Company in 1898. Read his story and others in this blog.
 
