Pentwater Wire Products

Prior to 1887, Sands and Maxwell owned a two-story framed blacksmith and wagon shop. In 1887, Jonathan Halstead covered the wooden walls and erected two brick buildings, manufacturing carriages, wagons, and sleighs. From 1893 to 1895, it became the Halstead Table Company, and his son Daniel joined the business. From 1910 to 1912, it became the Saunders and Chase Company, which invented the "Pentwater Boy" net lifter and sold them to commercial fishermen. In 1916, Daniel Halstead organized the Pentwater Machinery Company. In 1942, during World War II, the company became a defense plant until V-J Day. In 1946, after World War II, a 15,000 square foot second floor was added, fully equipped and remodeled for peacetime production of its number one product, the Picni-kook. The building closed in 1950, then reopened in 1956 as Pentwater Wire Products and expanded to 68,000 square feet.

Pentwater, Michigan · United States