Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Cleveland Worsted Mill Fire

Cleveland Worsted Mills  was located at East 61st and Broadway in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood. The Mill was in operation from 1902 until a lengthy strike in 1956 forced its closure. Afterwards the huge complex was used by a variety of smaller companies until the morning on July 4th 1993 when a fire broke out destroying the complex. The photos below were taken three days later on July 7th, 1993. At one time this was one of the largest worsted mills in the country.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I TOOK PHOTOS OF THIS FIRE. WORKED AT GILLOMBARDOS.MADE A FEW BUUCKS OFF THE PHOTOS. FIREHOUSE OFF 49TH A BROADWAY BOUGHT AND FRAMED ONE. F.B.I. CAME TO THE STORE AND REQUESTED THEM SO THEY COULD STUDY THE FLAMES TO DETERMINE THE CHEMICALS INVOLVED.

Anonymous said...

I know who started it !!!!
He yelled !!