Editing Port Huron, Michigan (section)

===Industry===

Some of Port Huron's earliest industries were related to the agriculture industry. A large grain elevator was located on the St. Clair River just north of the current Municipal Office Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/grain-elevator-port-huron-st-clair-river-87508 |title=Grain Elevator at Port Huron, St. Clair River |website=dia.org }}</ref> A bean dock was located on the St. Clair River, where dry edible beans from points north in the Thumb were loaded into ships. The dock operated as the Port Huron Terminal Company. Currently the bean dock is used as an event venue.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.achesonventures.com/SeawayTerminal/History.aspx |title=History |access-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083211/http://www.achesonventures.com/SeawayTerminal/History.aspx |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Port Huron was also a national leader in the [[chicory]] coffee substitute industry. Future Congressman [[Henry McMorran]] in 1902 started Port Huron's chicory processing plant, located on the Black River near 12th Avenue. A second chicory plant operated at 3rd and Court Streets in Port Huron, which would later be purchased by McMorran's son.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/12/06/memory-roasting-chicory-lingers/20014587/ |title=Memory of roasting chicory lingers |first=Michael |last=Connell |work=[[The Times Herald]] |date=December 6, 2014 }}</ref> The roadside weed which grew in areas of the Thumb and Saginaw Valleys was brought to Port Huron for processing and then shipped worldwide. Chicory was commonly used as a coffee substitute especially in wartime.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/10/18/port-huron-dominated-chicory-trade/17509471/ |title=Port Huron once dominated chicory trade |first=Michael |last=Connell |work=[[The Times Herald]] |date=October 18, 2014 }}</ref>

Wartime also brought another industry to Port Huron: the Mueller Metals Company, which built a factory in Port Huron in 1917. The plant primarily made [[Cartridge (firearms)|shell casings]] for World War I. The factory was originally owned by the [[Mueller Co.]], and since has been spun off into its own entity called Mueller Industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muellermuseum.org/plant-office-locations/ |title=Mueller Co. Locations – Mueller Museum |access-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055527/http://muellermuseum.org/plant-office-locations/ |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Port Huron Factory is still in operation, located on Lapeer Road on the city's west side, where they produce a variety of valves and fittings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muellerindustriesipd.com/forgings/markets-served/ |title=Mueller Industries - Aluminum forging and brass and lead - free brass forging - Markets Served - Forgings |website=muellerindustriesipd.com |access-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083144/http://muellerindustriesipd.com/forgings/markets-served/ |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Peerless Cement Company operated a cement plant just south of the Blue Water Bridge from the 1920s through the 1970s. The waterfront site is now the location of the Edison Inn and [[Blue Water Convention Center]].<ref name="Gaffney2006">{{cite book |first=T. J. |last=Gaffney |title=Port Huron, 1880-1960 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7HxUqzFFNoC&pg=PA50 |year=2006 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-4119-8 |pages=50– }}</ref>

There are two paper mills in Port Huron. Dunn Paper operates a specialty paper mill at the mouth of the St. Clair River just north of the Blue Water Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dunnpaper.com/ |title=Dunn Paper - Dunn to Perfection |access-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083158/http://dunnpaper.com/ |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Domtar]] also operates a paper mill in Port Huron, located on the Black River. It was originally built in 1888 by the [[E. B. Eddy Company]]. The Domtar mill also specializes in specialty papers for the medical and food service industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.domtar.com/en/who-we-are/all-locations/port-huron-mill |title=Port Huron Mill - Domtar |website=Domtar.com |access-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615111042/https://www.domtar.com/en/who-we-are/all-locations/port-huron-mill |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Adjacent to the Domtar Mill is the site of the former Acheson Colloids Company. Dr. Edward Acheson in 1908 founded the company, which made a variety of chemical and carbon-based products.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.achesonventures.com/Home/History.aspx |title=History |access-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083201/http://www.achesonventures.com/Home/History.aspx |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The factory was purchased by [[Henkel]] and closed in 2010. However, Henkel continues to manufacture ink and carbon products under the Acheson brand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://next.henkel-adhesives.com/us/en/our-brands/bonderite.html |title=BONDERITE® |website=next.henkel-adhesives.com }}</ref>

Port Huron's Domtar Mill closed in 2021,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2021/01/10/officials-employees-reflect-domtar-corp-closing-port-huron-mill/6578539002/ |title='I will miss my mill': Officials, employees reflect on Domtar Corp. Closing Port Huron mill }}</ref> followed by the Dunn Paper Mill in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wphm.net/2022/09/21/port-huron-paper-mill-to-close-in-november/ |title=Port Huron paper mill to close in November }}</ref>

A variety of factories related to the [[automotive industry]] occupy Port Huron's Industrial Park on the city's south side. Many of these produce plastic components for vehicles.

====Shipbuilding====

Jenks Shipbuilding Company was founded in 1889, renamed in 1903 as ''Port Huron Shipbuilding'' and ceased operations sometime after 1908.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/19thcentury/jenks.htm |title=Jenks Ship Building }}</ref> The shipyard was found on the north bank of the Black River between Erie Street and Quay Street which is now a parking area for Bowl O Drome and Port Huron Kayak Launch.

Ships built by Jenks includes:

* [[SS John B. Cowle (1902)|SS John B. Cowle]] - bulk freighter 1902
* [[MS Normac]] - former fireboat and floating restaurant 1902