massive abandoned hullet ore unloader factory campus saved —
Vacant factory that built Hulett ore unloaders purchased by Cleveland’s new $50M Site Readiness Fund
CLEVELAND, Ohio — An immense vacant factory in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, where massive Hulett ore unloading cranes were made more than a century ago, will have a new shot at economic life as the first major acquisition of the city’s $50 million Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund.
The city announced Monday that the site readiness fund closed on an $845,000 deal to acquire the triangular, 10-acre property at 7000 Central Ave. on Cleveland’s East Side that includes the 183,000-square-foot Wellman-Seaver-Morgan factory.
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https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/...ness-fund.html
about the factory campus —
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
THIS COMPANY MADE SOME OF THE LARGEST MACHINES IN THE WORLD
In 1896, Samuel T. Wellman, inventor of the first open-hearth furnace, teamed up with his brother Charles H. Wellman, and friend John W. Seaver. Together they founded the Wellman-Seaver Engineering Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Their company would go on to engineer and design steel mills and industrial plant equipment, including some of the most important machines of the early 1900s, which contributed to industrial growth in the United States and around the world.
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https://architecturalafterlife.com/2...ellman-seaver/
Tracks leading into the now abandoned factory – Photo: Johnny Joo
abandoned hullet