Birthplace of American Bessemer steel, first produced at the Eureka Iron Works on September 6, 1864 source
Community character
Detroit River city with a walkable Biddle Avenue downtown, riverfront parks, and an industrial legacy running from iron and steel to chemicals and plate glass source
Eureka Iron Works site
Eber B. Ward's 1854 ironworks where the first Bessemer steel in America was produced on September 6, 1864, followed by the first Bessemer steel rails the next year source
Ford-MacNichol Home
1896 Victorian mansion at 2610 Biddle Avenue built by plate-glass pioneer Edward Ford for his daughter; now the main house museum of Wyandotte Museums source
Wyandotte Street Art Fair
Fine-art fair organized since 1961, drawing about 300 artists and over 200,000 visitors each July source
Bishop Park
12.2-acre Detroit River park beside downtown with a long fishing pier and riverwalk, the second largest of the city's 13 parks source
Wyandotte parks system
Thirteen city parks anchored by the riverfront at Bishop Park source
