Alcoa's Cleveland Plant on Harvard Avenue, 1941

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Alcoa's Cleveland Plant on Harvard Avenue, 1941
The Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) has a long history in the Cleveland region. Founded in the late 1800s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, the company's early success grew from the discovery of a cost effective way to produce aluminum through electrolysis. A Cleveland sales office was opened in 1900. Production facilities were constructed on East 22nd Street in 1909, and on Harvard Avenue in 1917. The latter facility, a mold plant, was greatly expanded during World War II by the U.S Air Force to produce lightweight aluminum materials for use in aircraft.
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