page_title: Charles A. Otis
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Charles A. Otis / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Otis Iron and Steel Co., E. 25th to E. 43rd, Cleveland, OH
context_page_description: Charles Augustus Otis, Sr. was a businessman and mayor of Cleveland from 1873 until 1874.
context_section_description: Otis established the Lake Erie Iron Company in 1852. He sold the business in 1866 when he decided to study ironworks in Prussia. The Otis Iron and Steel Company was established upon Otis' return in Industrial Valley. It was the first American company to solely manufacture acid open-hearth steel. Otis later founded American Wire Company, which became the American Steel and Wire Company, and was connected with the Standard Sewing Machine Company. He also founded the American Steel Screw Company, the Cleveland Electric Railway Company, and the Society for Savings. Otis worked with Dr. Everett and Samuel T. Wellman in the old East Cleveland line.  It was said that Otis took a personal interest in his employees.
caption: Otis Iron and Steel Company, ca. 1910
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