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American Laundry Machinery
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American Laundry Machinery
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Large machine shops with a flooded basement, rusted machinery. Collapsed roof in several places. Large adjoining warehouse with huge accessible roof and small rooms. Fire burnt many of the small side rooms, exposing a lot of insulation and asbestos.
Cameras have been placed outside the main gate on the active (western) part of the building. Be careful.
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Type: Building
Status: Active
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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asbestos
rust
unsafe flooring
flooding
water
air quality
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A foreman of ALMC, Paul R Galinger, joined the experiment at Strong hospital where he was injected with plutonium in 1945. He died five months later of pneumonia and Lou Gehrig's disease. ALMCwas the largest producer of commercial laundry equipment in the 1950's. The company still has some presence in Cincinatti-- the building there also has the strange crests.
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Respirator if you want to go into the burned-out parts.
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Arthur T. HAGEN (1852-1917) Started the American Laundry Machine Company. 110 Buffalo Road was built in 1930, though it looks much older. It was a new location for ALMC, which previously has space at Lincoln Park (1920's) and at 56 Dewey Ave. (around 1910). In the 1909 City Directory, the company is listed as "The American Laundry Machinery MFG Co., Successor to A.T. Hagen Co. Manufacturers of Laundry Machinery." By 1931 they were listed as Manf. of "Laundry and Dry Cleaning Machinery." In the 30's Rug Cleaning Mach. was added, and by 1950 "Manf. of "Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Rug Cleaning Machinery Iron Founders Manufacturers of Meehanite Metal.' (a type of cast iron) By 1958 they were also listed as manuf. "Centrifugal Machinery." By 1960 ALMC no longer appears in the directory, as the company was bought out by the McGraw-Edison Co. perhaps this is when the place was shut down?? The company had many machines installed in WWII naval ships, which may be part of the reason for the military apparatus lying around. Perhas the stuff came in later years with another business, but I doubt it. The main property at 110 Buffalo Road was purchased in March of 2005 for a pathetic $1. (the property was assessed for $450K!!) by Potomac Properties, LLC, which according to the NYS Dpt. of State was organized in January. Other buildings originally part of the plant built in 1930 have been divided up to other owners and have separate addresses: 105 Craig St, 1 Sherer and 3 Sherer.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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5 / 10 |
| Coolness |
7 / 10 |
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5 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
racetraitor on 6/22/2009 9:57 AM.
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on Jun 22 09 at 9:57, racetraitor validated this location
on Jun 22 09 at 1:19, trent added some pictures to a gallery
on Jun 22 09 at 1:13, trent updated gallery Thirsty for souls
on Jun 22 09 at 1:13, trent updated gallery Thirsty for souls
on Jun 22 09 at 1:13, trent created a new gallery
on Jan 22 09 at 5:23, racetraitor validated this location
on Jan 21 09 at 20:10, velcrozeppelin changed the following: Description
on Jan 21 09 at 20:09, velcrozeppelin changed the following: Hazards, Security Measures, Recommended Equipment, Description
on Apr 15 07 at 6:49, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Apr 15 07 at 3:20, djarcanum added some pictures to a gallery
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