Dry Dock Complex (Detroit, Michigan)

	Dry Dock Engine Works-Detroit Dry Dock Company Complex
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Dry Dock No. 2 (now filled with water) is in the foreground; the Engine Works complex is in the background. Image was taken previous to the redevelopment of the building.
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Location	1801–1803 and 1900 Atwater St., Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates	42°19′59″N 83°1′37″W / 42.33306°N 83.02694°W
Built	1892, 1902, c. 1910s
Architect	Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
NRHP reference No.	09000680
Added to NRHP	September 3, 2009

The Dry Dock Complex consists of six interconnected buildings located at 1801–1803 Atwater Street in Detroit, Michigan, as well as the remains of a nearby dry dock at 1900 Atwater Street. The 1801-1803 Atwater complex is also known as the Globe Trading Company Building, and in 2015 was opened by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as the Outdoor Adventure Center.^[2]

The complex is significant as a historic maritime manufacturing facility.^[3] The earliest structure, an 1892 machine shop, is also significant as an early example of an industrial building entirely supported by its steel frame,^[3] but using traditional brick and standard windows to infill the curtain walls.^[4] The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1] In 2012, the Department of Natural Resources received funding for historic redevelopment of the complex, along the city's east riverfront promenade.

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Jeff Waraniak (December 28, 2015). "Enjoy the Great Indoors at the DNR's Outdoor Adventure Center". Hour Magazine.
^ ^a ^b Thomas A. Klug, Archived July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Historic American Engineering Record: Dry Dock Engine Works, HAER no. MI-330, 2002, p. 1
^ Cite error: The named reference works was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[hour-2] Jeff Waraniak (December 28, 2015). "Enjoy the Great Indoors at the DNR's Outdoor Adventure Center". Hour Magazine.

[engrec1-3] Thomas A. Klug, Archived July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Historic American Engineering Record: Dry Dock Engine Works, HAER no. MI-330, 2002, p. 1

[works-4] Cite error: The named reference works was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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