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By J.T. Lambrou, July 26, 2021
David Dunbar Buick Marker
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1 ► Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — David Dunbar Buick — September 17, 1854 - March 5, 1929 —
On Saginaw Street at East Kearsley Street, on the right when traveling east on Saginaw Street.
Scottish-born David Buick, Detroit plumbing executive turned engine builder, came to Flint when his Buick Motor Company was sold in 1903 to Flint Wagon Works leaders. In 1904, David's company built 37 Buick cars, equipped with soon-famous . . . — — Map (db m180140) HM
2 ► Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — Bold Moves — Bringing Buick to Flint —
On Lyon Street at West Water Street, on the right when traveling north on Lyon Street.
It was a time of great risk and adaptation. As the region's forests were exhausted in the late 1800s, the Flint-based lumber firm of Begole, Fox and Company reinvented itself as the Flint Wagon Works. In 1903 the company decided to enter the . . . — — Map (db m180138) HM
3 ► Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — David Buick — Forgotten Inventor, Enduring Name —
On Saginaw Street near East Kearsley Street, on the right when traveling north.
He was unknown to most people when he died in Detroit. Born in Scotland in 1854, in early adulthood he achieved success in Detroit with patents for plumbing fixtures. But he was drawn to gasoline engines, and by 1902 he had invented the . . . — — Map (db m180139) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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