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The Plating Engineering Facility is located at 1928 S. 62nd Street in West Allis, Wisconsin. The Facility operated at this site from approximately 1948 through 2006. Previous operations at this site included a foundry.
Beginning in 1952 and continuing through the mid-1960s, a number of additions were made to the original building structure. In 1971, a fire caused significant damage to a large portion of the building, causing much of the structure to be re-built. The facility closed in December, 2006.
The Plating Engineering Facility performed heavy salvage plating for mis-matched parts and corrosion resistance using nickel, copper, chrome, tin, lead, electroless nickel, bronze plating, electropolishing, and electroforming. The primary process consisted of hard nickel plating.
In 1993, The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District took action to cement up all outflows from the building as chemicals were allegedly being dumped into the sanitary sewer. The building was later reconnected to the sewer.
The State of Wisconsin brought a law suit against the Plating Engineering Facility for chromium air violations in 2004-2005.
In December, 2006, the Facility was abandoned with materials and chemicals left in place. Electric power was shut off on December 5, 2006, and water was shut off on December 11, 2006. The City of West Allis has determined that the building is un-occupiable. The City posted a condemnation notice on the building dated May 11, 2007.
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