Mackinac Bridge

Courageous Members of Organized Labor

1954 – 1958

State of Michigan

Hon. G. Mennen Williams · Governor

Mackinac Bridge Authority

Prentiss M. Brown · Chairman

Charles T. Fisher, Jr. · Deceased;

George A. Osborn

Mead L. Bricker; Murray D. Van Wagoner

William J. Cochran; Fred M. Zeder · Deceased

Charles M. Ziegler · St Highway Commissioner · 1950-57

John C. Mackie · State Highway Commissioner · 1957-

Lawrence A. Rubin · Executive Secretary

Sanford A. Brown · Treasurer

D. B. Steinman · Consulting Engineer

Glenn B. Woodruff · Consultant

Principal Contractors

Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation

American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel Corporation

Nearby marker

In memory of The Courageous Members of Organized Labor who lost their lives in the hazardous fight against the elements during the construction of the Mackinac Bridge

Albert B. Abbott,

Jack C. Baker,

Robert Koppen,

James R. LeSarge,

Frank Pepper

This plaque is dedicated by the Michigan State AFL-CIO,

June, 28, 1958,

Local Union No. 4, I. M. F. W. AFL-CIO

Marker can be reached from North Huron Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

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