What was once a metal plating company in Cleveland now stands abandoned on a piece of land contaminated by hazardous waste.
Accurate Plating Company was founded by Charles J Foley in 1967 and specialized in the electroplating, polishing, and finishing of metal products.
The company operated for several decades, but ran into trouble with The Environmental Protection Agency due to its status as a large quantity generator of hazardous waste.
The Environmental Protection Agency designated Accurate Plating Company as a Superfund site contaminated by hazardous waste and a candidate for cleanup because of the risk it poses to human and environmental health.
The building now sits mostly empty...
with gaping holes in the roof and vines spreading out across the floor.
A few artifacts remain inside the offices, which have been thoroughly ransacked.
The future of the old Accurate Plating Company building remains unclear. As an EPA Superfund site, the land must be cleared of hazardous waste before it can be used again.
Just down the street from Accurate Plating Company is a pair of abandoned businesses, a Car Audio Shop and Headboard Factory. Click here for pictures and info.
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As usual, a very good article. I enjoy exploring ghost towns and have been to a bunch. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are good,I grew up there.Its to bad the place looks so bad.
DeleteI'm glad I read this. I had wanted to poke around there, but given its Superfund status, ummm, nope.
ReplyDeleteThe EPA did not shut us down,the neiborhood became so bad that we suffered to many break-ins to keep operating and we lost to many customers from so much down time.
DeleteSorry,I lost my train of thought.You can go there you won't become radioactive like the EPA will have you believe,but you may get mugged or killed from the flies that have left their graffiti there.
DeleteI believe the business that preceded it was Mitchell Metal Products.
ReplyDeleteI worked at Accurate Plating back in 1986 and 87!! Not a bad place to work but the fumes were a little overwhelming at times.
ReplyDeleteAnyone still know of any of the Foley's? I was friends with the 2 sons of Charles but lost track, Charles Jr or Jim?
ReplyDeleteSkeeter do you still play any music? I still play bass and I'm just as bad as ever.I work in middlefield now in plastics.
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