Locating the old CWC building.

[Ernbar]

I recall a post about the old CWC building still standing . I’m in Cleveland visiting and would like to go by and take a couple of pictures. Anyone know the address?

 

[AndyA]

I found a WW2-era poster that has an address:
West 117th Street at Berea Road, Cleveland 7, Ohio

 

[AndyA]

Looked at Google map. There are some old industrial buildings to the east and southeast of the intersection that look like they could have been the CWC plant.

 

[Oilit]

This is probably the post you remember:

CWC plant cleveland Ohio | General Discussion About Old Bicycles

A cool bit of info I talked to the grandson of the superintendent of the bike plant in the 1940’s some neat stories sometimes some of the the workers would come in hungover he would send them over to the bar to stop the shakes so they could paint the strips on the bikes the plant is now a...

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There's an aerial view of the building complex on the back of the CWC book, and it looks nearly the same as the aerial view on Google Maps today. I'm guessing the building in the third picture (of the thread) was the front office.

 

[Ernbar]

I found a WW2-era poster that has an address:
West 117th Street at Berea Road, Cleveland 7, Ohio

Yes I saw that. We did a Google Earth and compared the views to a picture in a previous post that matched the building.

 

[Jamhud]

Yes I saw that. We did a Google Earth and compared the views to a picture in a previous post that matched the building.

There is a Welding Business still on sight. The rock sign is no longer present. But the center remains.
Great piece of CWC history.