1904 Platte Map Showing Brewery Building
The Sebewaing Brewing Company went through several name changes. In 1904, it was called Fredrick Kroll as can be seen in the American Breweries name table at this link. The name of the brewery in 1904 is relative to a Platte map of the same year. The brewery one year later would see a long standing name change to the Huron County Brewing Company that stayed with it until prohibition.
The 1904 Platte Map pictured to the right shows the location at the time. A click on the map will allow a high resolution view of the eastern side of Sebewaing. Look carefully for the brewery building circled in red. The river may have changed directions over the years. It looks like it winds north more than it runs today.
There was a drain from the brewery to the river. In 1966, the remaining beer that could not be sold due to a State of Michigan order, was dumped into the drains over several nights. The days following the drained beer resulted in foam on the surface of the river out to Saginaw Bay.
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