Western Wheel Works

Western Wheel Works
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1866; 158 years ago (1866) in Chicago, U.S.
FounderAdolph Schoeninger
Headquarters
ProductsBicycles
Number of employees
1500

Western Wheel Works was a Chicago bicycle company started by Adolph Schoeninger in 1866. It was one of the largest bicycle makers in the world.[1] In 1899 it joined a trust which controlled 95 percent of the bicycle manufacturing market.[2]

  1. ^ "Crescent Wheels for 1899". Birmingham Age Herald. 22 November 1898. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Only One Bicycle Trust". Daily Times. 21 May 1899. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.