The Wright Cycle Company Shop is a historic museum and tourist attraction located at 22 South Williams Street in Dayton, Ohio, United States. This iconic …
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Mar 1, 2024
This was a lovely stop on a cold winter day. The visitor center was informative. During our visit there were exhibits about the Wright brothers, the poet Paul Dunbar and parachutes, Full review by LadyMava
Sep 19, 2023
Knew the half story of the beach first in flight but this park explains the brothers growing up and how they got to the beach. The day to day tinkering and testing for years. The print shop and the b… Full review by msjulie22
Aug 1, 2023
This is not the place where the brothers built their airplanes,but it is the site of their commercial bicycle shop which gave them the springboard to build the airplanes. The rangers were nice and t… Full review by Michael A
The video is about 15 minutes, and it is EXCELLENT. You can do the remainder in less than an hour, or take a couple of hours if you are interested in the details. The Cyclery Shop is …
The video is about 15 minutes, and it is EXCELLENT. You can do the remainder in less than an hour, or take a couple of hours if you are interested in the details. The Cyclery Shop is about 10-15 minutes, it is next door.
I’m a little confused- is this location and the carillon historic park connected or adjacent to one another? Some of the photos and exhibits looks similar. Can someone clarify for me. Thanks!
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Note, the REAL Bike shop and their house that was near it where they lived at the time are NOT in Dayton. the one in Dayton represents one of a few similar locations they ran …
Note, the REAL Bike shop and their house that was near it where they lived at the time are NOT in Dayton. the one in Dayton represents one of a few similar locations they ran in the area early on. The ACTUAL Bike shop and house they lived in at the time, and the back shed they did alot of their testing at are all in the Greenfield Village complex in Michigan. Henry Ford and friend moved them there along with Thomas Edisons West Orange NJ place and many other historic homes. But the Dayton sites are definitely worth a visit, especially the carrilon as the Wright Flyer they have there is the ACTUAL aircraft that Wilbur flew over Huffman Prairie (also a hidden Gem in Dayton that's also worth a few hours) and made the 1st turns in an American heavier than air aircraft when he did a race track pattern over the prairis months after Kitty Hawk. Wilbur himself helped restore it before it was put in display at the Carrilon.
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