Erie County NyArchives Photo Place.....Queen City Cycle Factory - Lake View, NY C. 1903 1903
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Earl Benjamin standing in the Queen City Cycle Factory - Lake View, NY c. 1903

During the "Bicycle Boom" prevalent in the US in the late 1800s, the Queen 
City Cycle Co. of Buffalo, NY selected a site in Lake View to expand its 
production facilities, which was near the sidings in place from the Gatling 
Land Boom at Idlewood Station, and constructed a factory there in 1895.  The 
economic importance of the factory in Lake View was great, employing up to 600 
men/day in the winter months, working in 2 shifts and producing 250 
bicycles/day in peak periods.  However, working conditions at the facility 
were unhealthy, with men working long hours (7am to 10pm) for little pay.  In 
1896, the business was sold to the Day Manufacturing Co.  Due to faulty 
construction and poor management, the factory closed in 1903. 


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