Michigan Historical Marker: French Landing Dam and Powerhouse

French Landing Dam and Powerhouse

In 1910, the Eastern Michigan Edison Company, now the Detroit Edison Company, purchased most of the Van Buren Township land along the Huron River for a Hydroelectric plant. The French Landing powerhouse and dam were completed in 1924-1925. The dam, the largest and last in a series of five constructed on the Huron River, created Belleville Lake with its miles of beautiful residential and recreational lakefront lots.

Registered Site L0998
Erected 1983

Location: 12100 Haggerty Rd.
Van Buren Township, Wayne County

Evidence indicates that this Marker is no longer in place.

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