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Ransom E. Olds Breakthrough Engines Turning Wheels

Ransom E. Olds founded a machine shop in Lansing that produced small engines, carriages, windmills, and other equipment used by farmers and and businesses. The Olds Motor Vehicle Company became Michigan's first automobile company. 


Address:
401 River St.
Lansing, MI 48933