December 14, 2010

Penzel Construction 100th Anniversary

Penzel Construction in Jackson is celebrating 100 years in business. Here is a look back at some of their construction sites and finished buildings. Also, there are news articles from years past.

A Penzel crew at a job site in the early 1900's building a road near Cooter, Mo. Submitted by Penzel Construction

This Penzel mule team and work crew built a road near Holland, Mo. during the 1930's. In the '20s and '30s, Penzel built many roads to help farmers get their crops from the fields to markets where they could be sold.

Linus Penzel founded what is now known as Penzel Construction in Jackson in 1910. He is the great-grandfather of current Penzel president and CEO Phil Penzel.

Before moving to their current offices on Penzel Drive, Linus Penzel ran the company out of his home and later in an office above what is now Tractor's Restaurant in uptown Jackson.

The 2006 addition at Jackson High School included new fine arts rooms and a new event center built by Penzel Construction. Penzel also built the original high school building in 1920 and the grade school auditorium in 1935.

Penzel crews work on a bridge on Route B near Scopus over the Little White Water creek in the 1940's.

This photo is of the bridge to the Diversion Channel boat dock, built by Penzel Construction 80 years ago and still in use today. Most bridges are expected to have a lifespan of about 15 to 30 years.

(June 27, 1962) Steel pilings are being driven into the bed of Apple Creek to shore up the Highway 61 bridge which was damaged Saturday when struck by a tractor-trailer truck loaded with 30,000 pounds of bacon. This view, to the east, shows Penzel Construction Co. equipment of Jackson starting the repair work Monday.

Johann Penzel and his wife Christina came to the United States from Gettengrun, Germany in 1853 aboard a ship named Ella.This manifest lists the ship's passengers who were members of the Penzel family. They arrived in New Orleans and traveled up the Mississippi River before purchasing land in Jackson.

This photo is of the bridge to the Diversion Channel boat dock, as it looked when it was built by Penzel Construction 80 years ago. Submitted by Penzel Construction

Penzel Construction completed the Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center this spring. It was the first water park Penzel had constructed, although in the past they had built many swimming pools.

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Penzel Construction in Jackson is celebrating 100 years in business. Here is a look back at some of their construction sites and finished buildings. Also, there are news articles from years past.

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