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Manitowoc

Cleveland Chief Wampum Lobster Fest Pigeon Lake Pinecrest Quilts 2007-11 Rahr-West Art Museum Rural Whitelaw

 

 

Rahr-West Art Museum

Photos of the Museum

 

Chief Mexico, the Wampum

Photos of the Grave Site of Chief Mexico, the Wampum

 

Evergreen Inn
(hotel for lease)

 

2008

 

Beerntsen's sweets shop

 

on the main street

 

the interior

 

the sales counter

 

a warning

 

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

 

submarines in Manitowoc

 

submarine exhibit at the Museum

 

a tribute to their service

 

the USS Cobia

 

the Halten

 

the USS Cobia

 

 

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Manitowoc County Courthouse

 

 

 

 

interior stairway

 

court room

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Restaurant

 

 

Courthouse Pub

 

located between the grain operation and the courthouse
with its own brew operation

 

the bar

 

shrimp on angel hair lunch

 

chicken wrap with pasta salad

Rotary Lobster Fest in Washington Park

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former Mirro plant

The roots of the Mirro Aluminum Company, commonly known as Mirro, can be traced to the 1885 founding of the Aluminum Manufacturing Company by Joseph Koenig in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. In 1909 Aluminum Manufacturing Company merged with Aluminum Novelty Company, founded in neighboring Manitowoc, Wisconsin by Henry Vits, and the New Jersey Aluminum Company. The combined company was renamed the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing Company, was headquartered in Manitowoc and headed by Vits. The name stuck until 1957 when shareholders approved the change to the Mirro Aluminum Company, a title referring to a number of the company's popularly-known products.

At its peak, Mirro was the United States' largest manufacturer of aluminum cooking utensils, and over time had as many as eight plants in three states, with products ranging from pots and pans to small boats and aluminum siding.

Mirro was acquired by the The Newell Companies in 1983. Facing stiff competition from other manufacturers, Newell had moved most of its Manitowoc area operations out of the country by 2001, and shuttered the most modern of the area Mirro plants in 2003. Mirro also closed its administrative offices in Manitowoc at that time, ending the company's 118 year history in the area.

 

a main street

 

the landmark grain operation

 

a closer look

 

 

the Budweiser engine

 

where the grain is offloaded from lake boats

 

the cow on the South side

 

ready for Christmas 2008

 

 

Historic Sign in Two Rivers, Wisconsin

More Photos of the Sundae at Two Rivers

 

a tavern in Cleveland, Wisconsin

More Photos of Cleveland

See some the the interesting Quilts (2006) from the Manitowoc area

 

a Wisconsin patchwork quilt

Lakeshore Quilters (2007 and 2009)

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Cleveland Chief Wampum Lobster Fest Pigeon Lake Pinecrest Quilts 2007-11 Rahr-West Art Museum Rural Whitelaw

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