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[abandonedfreak]

I thought this place was very interesting, and huge. What got me as neatest about it was the fact that the area we entered it at was like a big pavilion type area that had a thick glass roof, and what appeared at first to be brick, but once we looked closer, realized the entire floor in this part was actually like 2" by 4" blocks of wood. This part was hidden behind 4 normal looking walls on the outside of the place, and then once we left this part it went up and was like a normal amazing place. I really enjoyed this place and found it extremely fascinating. It would be interesting to know what this place was when it was in use





























This place was definitely like a world of its own and A treat to explore

Edited by abandonedfreak, 20 August 2010 - 02:17 AM.

[Urban_Explorer]

Nice! I like the roof pic.

[Chaindrive]

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The WARNER & SWASEY CO. was once a leading manufacturer of machine tools, with a world-wide reputation for its telescopes and precision instruments. New England machinists WORCESTER P. WARNER† and AMBROSE SWASEY† formed a partnership in Chicago in 1880 but moved to Cleveland, opening a machine tool shop on Carnegie Ave. near E. 55th St. in Aug. 1881. With the advent of the sewing machine, bicycle, and automobile industries, the firm began to focus on producing turret lathes. Utilizing the same techniques and machinery used to produce machine tools, the firm also produced telescopes--due primarily to Warner's interest in astronomy. The company gained international fame in 1886 by building the largest telescope at the time for the Lick Observatory in California, and later completed large telescopes for the U.S. Naval Observatory and the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin. While the company used its astronomical instruments to gain publicity, most of its profit came from machine tools.

After incorporation in 1900, Warner & Swasey placed more emphasis on its profitable turret lathe business and became the world's leading manufacturer of such lathes by 1928. During World War II, the company employed 7,000 people and produced half of the turret lathes manufactured in the U.S. After the war, it diversified into textile machinery construction equipment and the electronics industry through internal growth and acquisitions. By 1965 Warner & Swasey employed 2,000 people and began to move several operations to SOLON. Its headquarters relocated to UNIVERSITY CIRCLE in 1968. During the business recession in the early 1980s, Bendix Corp., which had purchased the company in 1980, closed several of its plants in the Cleveland area and implemented large-scale layoffs. In 1983 Bendix was taken over by the Allied Corp. of New Jersey, which sold Warner & Swasey to Cross & Trecker, a Michigan machinery firm, in 1984. Cross & Trecker was absorbed by Giddings & Lewis, a Wisconsin tool company, which shut down Warner & Swasey's only remaining plant in Solon in Jan. 1992, closing out 110 years of operation in the Cleveland area.

[abandonedfreak]

Once again agent Chain comes through with the intel, You are amazing girl. Thanks.

[Chaindrive]

You're welcome. Google is my friend.

[Urban_Explorer]

Yes she is

[N1Hawk]

Here are my pics from the trip to this awesome building, I've just been to busy to post them.

Sunset picture from roof





Elevator Room/Parts





Old Bill found on site from 1979 when I was born! neat






Rest of my set can be seen on my flicker @ Warner and Swasey Building

[Urban_Explorer]

Very cool!

[N1Hawk]

Urban_Explorer, on 29 August 2010 - 04:57 PM, said:

Very cool!

Thanks, the sunset shot I did 20 times because that was the 1st time I've played with my D3000 on Manual mode

[Urban_Explorer]

20 times a charm as they say. That would make an awesome background.

[N1Hawk]

Looks nice as a desktop background! Just put it on it Good Suggestion U_E

[Urban_Explorer]

your welcome.

[Chaindrive]

Nice!