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More "passed on names" - are easy to find. Type in last name or year you think they passed away. Results are then searched FROM my site (not internet) and displayed for your choice of what to view.
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Staff dinner at the German American Society in the Ratskeller room on
October 9, 2024
CLiCK On image below to see those photographs on another page link. ENJOY
🤔 Over 7 years ago, a former cable shop employee (Mike B. captured on a digital camera the "destruction" of cable related manufacturing tools used in 50 building. In 2019 and probably before, this building (now Millard Lumber) with over 50 years of "best in the Bell System products and cable" lost all of internal machines. I remember cable the size of your fist and newer cable products were created here with a 24 hours coverage and most likely some overtime of weekends - (I know, I started in cable shop - 50 building 3rd shift.) I wonder HOW Crossbar/30 building got cleaned out for future "Ford Storage"? ...anyone got any images of that time? Click to enlarge an image - ENJOY - Steve Miller
October
Am told,Dave worked in cable shop...
not sure where?
not sure where?
Manager of Trades and cable shop
Earl Patrick “Pat” Kealy
Worked in QA 30 Bldg.
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Engineer in 30 building - moulding area
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Jerald Leo Golmanavich |
September
unknown service date
Cable shop/office? |
unknown service date
Worked in Big Switch area? |
Michael worked as an engineer for Western Electric/AT&T/Lucent and retired in 2000 after
38 years. 
Informed she worked in 30 building
Virginia M. Heitman |
Jo Ann Hrabik |
August
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unknown service date
Cable shop - 50 building comes to mind |
Supervisor in cable 50 building. Unknown service date.
Andrew J. Simpson |
July
unknown service date or
which department worked in. OBIT says....retired as a management employee after 37 years Carl A. Greunke
James M. Sweeney
Unknown service date
worked in plant as engineer Lycurgus C. Curry, Jr.
Unknown service date
worked in plant level 3 machine operator Larry Edward Gosch |
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April
Unknown service date.
Ava L. LindJune
Unknown service date.
Unknown service date. A proud member of the Buffalo Club at the plant.
Unknown service date.Think Ed was an electrician? Think Ed was electrical or test set maintenance in the plant.
Maybe he rode around on those 3 wheel bicycles? Ed {Edmund) C.Bosak |
May
Servcie date 8/28/69 - 2/9/95
Nancy L. Pegg
Unknown service date.
George A. Wischmann
Unknown service date.
Supervisor Vivian R. Moore.
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March
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Unknown service date.
He worked in Management and the service center. |
Unknown service date.
Worked in plant trades (pipe fitter) and waste treatment plant. 
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Merle F. Dinslage
Unknown service date.
or where she worked. |
Unknown service date.
She worked in Materials Management. |
unknown service date.
Worked in Cable in the 70's 
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unknown service date
Worked in Cable shop |
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February
11/13/58 - 5/28/92
service date. trades-electrician? |
Unknown service date
Eugene was a tool maker Eugene L. Drvol |
January
LATE NOTICE - Service in MAY
Elizabeth worked in 30 building
Her service date was 10/61 - 11/91 
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LATE notice - funeral February 10th TOMORROW
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"CLICK" on name or image to see details and OBITUARY DETAILS. |
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Evidently the PAST email notification (invitation only) of 400+ emails which contained information about plant employees who have "passed on", and other item, has "ceased operations" since that persons death on July 29, 2023. Therefore you wil NOT receive notices as you did in the past from HIM !
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PLEASE inform all those who have Plant employee friends who know of a former employees death to contact me.
My site is MUCH better than using Facebook, where you are required to be a member of a social group to comment or post information. . NOT here ...Viewable anytime.
My email and phone number is a the top of the page.
If no answer, PLEASE leave a voicemail message.
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Click on"TRANSISTOR" for the rest of the story - PROUD I worked for THIS company
2023 notices I'm aware of...
October 2023 late notice... |
November 2023 |
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Chuck was a tradesman at the plant...unknown service date
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LATE notice ...November 2023
Bruce worked in cabinets.
December 2023
Norma Golden
Joann Mae Musco - Dec. 10, 2023
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David and his wife Barbara worked at the plant. ? service date
Service date: 10/6/69 - 6/12/98 plant trades - electrician
Larry started on 11/17/58 - unknown retirement date. Worked in 30 bldg. shop
LATE NOTICE FROM
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Found from many newspapers clippings by J.Gosch
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Corporate News from Omaha and National newspaper articles in the local paper (OWH).
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Some of our Corporate History of "Ma Bell"...best thing on earth - we make the things that make communications work"
Click on the last name to get "details as provided by the funeral service for the obituary"November 2021
2021 RETIREES passed away in late November & December:
Click on "NAME of passed on" or "button" below for more details for any employee listed here.
2022 - JanuaryLowell Dankof
2022 JuneSally Stancavage
Nellie Rodrigues
October 2022
November 2022
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Late notice from December 2021
2022 January - MarchLinda Vlcek
2022 May
2022 JulyRoger Storm
2022 August2022 OctoberHerminia Kalasek
2023 JanuaryGerry Callahan
Thomas Welchert
Robert H. Olderog
Arthur "Art" W. Rohe
Lyle R Nicholson
John E. Lovely
Edward V. Arnone
Robert Lee "Bob" Dobbs
Roberta Lee Benitz Lange (Bertie)
LATE NOTICE February 2023Kenn A. Schutte
August 2023Fugger, Raphael D. "Ray"
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Past luncheons "NOT" at the DC Center.
Included are Omaha Works Retirees/Former Employee luncheons
The 2018-2022 Omaha Works Retirees/Former Employees
luncheons at the German American Society
Loyal people who attended for many years
No more quarterly events due to 2023 price increases!
Click on either box above or below for images of many food/social/corporate events
Some of the images are from previous luncheons!
The names and positions of top telecom/technology communications and internet CEO-CFO-CFT and others
CLICK ON TEXT to enlarge
Images are from front/back T-Shirts that were bought or handed?
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Display Center beginnings, Pioneers HOT TRIKE, and EW&C cable division back in pre breakup time (1984) Omaha specific new on pages 22-32
From the archives
Omaha Works makes the corporate internal publication news in 1981
Articles about the plant and "corporation", and SPECIAL back in 1981 about Wire and Cable division...in the publication
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W.E. 1981 May -June 1981 by steve on Scribd
Phones I never remember being available at the Phone Center or some of the sales in the auditorium? Some have obvious "descriptions" ENJOY - from the https://telephone-museum.org/ |
CLICK On graphic below - (Elephant)
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Where are these people these people now ?
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in Kansas City - the Western Electric plant which started in 1961 made vacuum tubes, the best in the world with the famous 300B model. Omaha's with John Heindel (plant manager) had golfing tournaments with Bill Kadereit, (plant manager in the 90's). Sometimes Omaha won, sometimes Kansas City won.
Enjoy this W.E. short video on how the BEST vacuum tubes in the world - all from Western Electric/Bell Labs and the then AT&T.
CLICK on name above to watch corporate video...
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Omaha Works 1958-1982 by steve on Scribd
Our named heritage of great companies in:
Omaha Nebraska from 1956-2000 +
Omaha Nebraska from 1956-2000 +
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Over 12 years ago . . . in 2011
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Commscope/Avaya Plant Closing 2011 by steve on Scribd
Way back in the late 50's ...this was going on in Millard, NE.
Were you watching the construction of Omaha Works?
Here are some found photos by John May
...ENJOY
🤔 A important new feature in working status 😀
(it won't cost or ask anything of you, and you can help!)
FOUND ...forgotten 2020 & 2021 passed on employees
Check with the search by typing in "2020" or "2021" into the search box
Now you can:
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I search the newspaper and internet and social media,
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A drive around the back on October 2021 and to the west side using the backroad ending up in 50 bldg. parking area
LOOK ING
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Items might be: video tapes, photographs, newsletters - (union or plant) or corrections to website or general observation or anniversary images every 5 years?
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"OMAHA WORKS" Manufacturing facility in Omaha, Nebraska
(under the corporate names of: Western Electric, AT&T, Lucent and Avaya)
This is a visual collection of photographs/articles, newsletters, video and etc. of our history from 1957 till 2000+
Below is a photograph from the 1960's - It has everything of a 1960's
Western Electric - Omaha Works facility started with ...
A silver painted water tower and the name "Western Electric" on it,
a tall "brick smokestack", our name of "Western Electric" on the red brick of the office (20) building
(at one time the name was backlighted in the evening with an individual light for each letter)
and the "Omaha Works" across the original white marble front.
It's still the same building today with new tenants in buildings #'s 50, 20, 30 and 60 buildings and more.
Western Electric - Omaha Works facility started with ...
A silver painted water tower and the name "Western Electric" on it,
a tall "brick smokestack", our name of "Western Electric" on the red brick of the office (20) building
(at one time the name was backlighted in the evening with an individual light for each letter)
and the "Omaha Works" across the original white marble front.
It's still the same building today with new tenants in buildings #'s 50, 20, 30 and 60 buildings and more.
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All trademarks of the same "general corporate history and spin offs" and names of the Omaha Works in Omaha, NE.
Website statistics about OmahaWorks.net
Administered by Steve Miller - management retiree in 2001
(then staff Video producer - A/V and staff photographer)
Here are some facts: for 2023
1.5 million "hits"
over 12,833 + "unique visitors"
This website started on December 8, 2012
Administered by Steve Miller - management retiree in 2001
(then staff Video producer - A/V and staff photographer)
Here are some facts: for 2023
1.5 million "hits"
over 12,833 + "unique visitors"
This website started on December 8, 2012
THIS website is dedicated to the continuation of memories, experiences and successes of the former employees of the
Omaha Works of Omaha, Nebraska and its 50+ year history as a MAJOR local and state top employer from 1957-2004
One of many manufacturing and supply units of the of the "Bell System" till 1996 after a AT&T's spinoff to a new company called Lucent, who then - later offered a spinoff of their own named Avaya.
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In 2000 - 2011 Avaya existed for a few years and then a company called (Commscope) purchased Avaya and its patent assets. In 2011 Commscope closed the facility with the remaining property sold to Omaha Works Ltd. and a private investor.
This Western Electric facility and other W.E plants were producing telephone equipment for the U.S.of A.
More info request below (looking for more materials - see my wishes below...)
Omaha Works of Omaha, Nebraska and its 50+ year history as a MAJOR local and state top employer from 1957-2004
One of many manufacturing and supply units of the of the "Bell System" till 1996 after a AT&T's spinoff to a new company called Lucent, who then - later offered a spinoff of their own named Avaya.
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In 2000 - 2011 Avaya existed for a few years and then a company called (Commscope) purchased Avaya and its patent assets. In 2011 Commscope closed the facility with the remaining property sold to Omaha Works Ltd. and a private investor.
This Western Electric facility and other W.E plants were producing telephone equipment for the U.S.of A.
More info request below (looking for more materials - see my wishes below...)
In 2004, A North Carolina company purchased Avaya's Omaha facilities and the Omaha Works plant
NEW owner bought from Avaya in 2004 - and its local subsidiary CSMI
the Omaha Works-Omaha,NE. Omaha Plant closed in 2011 1956's ? motion picture 16mm film only (added in general music). It has your
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...This building "out back" use to be Bldg. 18 cardboard storage building, now it remains with new tenants?
CLICK BELOW to find more and explanation?
of this missing and to my knowledge...
"the only building removed" from the property by contractors?) Hope to find a before photos?
of this missing and to my knowledge...
"the only building removed" from the property by contractors?) Hope to find a before photos?
.... Many b&w photographs/negatives scanned and 1957 construction
color slides - our construction history
Guessing on the late 60's or early 70's Tall brick stack was removed (left side image)
CABLE SHOP - Stranders of large multi/pair cables. Then to be protected with steel/foil and plastic outer coating or other materials for the customers needs at the jacketing lines
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famous MARBLE front - original installation in the 60's
Think the car is older than ME,?
before 1950?
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Click on golf ball for details....Why it was cancelled after 18 years |
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WARTS 2020 Golfing Schedule cancelled
Now your on your OWN for golfing schedule and courses
Now your on your OWN for golfing schedule and courses
Audio comes in about 50 seconds...watch the end where the EARTH movers start. Think this is from the angle of 120th Street looking west?
My new source of some recent additions to image scans
tiny images from 35mm b&w contact sheets...!
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100's + ADDED ...A LOT MORE . . . images are from a 35mm contact sheets ... WITH A IMAGE SIZE OF ONLY of 1" x 1.4" thumbnail size...(two postage size stamps) image size and were NOT made larger...so I have a lot of these 35mm contact stips to look at?
Someone took the time to do this...why not included - plenty of scanning.
It's not the best, yet something - ENJOY
now - had someone made each image into a 4x5 prints --hindsight !!
It's not the best, yet something - ENJOY
now - had someone made each image into a 4x5 prints --hindsight !!
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For details of this AND MANY OTHER booklets - click on button below
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To find out where these people and more in 1968 fit into the IBEW and Western Electric history... CLICK on their image.
Frontage of our once famous MARBLE front from 1972
Almost - 40 years ago...the buildings are still there, yet some proportions of GREEN have now changed and new tenants added into the buildings!
what the property of 60 building and land sold for..
CLiCK here to read article of 2005 sale 
Donations accepted to maintain and update this website.
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A new page of ...many HISTORIC and interesting things..Lots of old phones and information about the telephone workings and devices
As usual click on above graphics for the link
To find out WHAT these I.B.E.W. # 1974 Union Presidents had to say in the 1980's and BEYOND fit into the IBEW and Western Electric - AT&T history... CLICK BOX below
Probably from the FORMER molding area, or as many called it "PINK PALACE"- was an office area in the late 1990' era of 30 building. This image is of...Cross Bar assembly or coils or relays or FRAME or wiring in the 60's and beyond? CLICK ON PHOTOGRAPH to enlarge |
With a regional Service Center and a regional Telephone operating company called ...
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company which served the states of the upper Midwest including Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska and headquarters located in Omaha, NE.
"Omaha Works" manufacturing plant was established in 1958 with the name that Western Electric Corporation assigned, the "Omaha Works".
An Experienced Corporate Managerial/Staff and local I.B.E.W. #1974 & I.B.E.W. #1614 Union leadership led the company to many "first of ISO 9001 recognition and Malcolm Baldrige Recognition and many more awards.
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MY - W I S H L I S T F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N
Contained within ....is a VERY "LARGE" collection newsletter and images and, yet an incomplete accounting of internal newspapers, videos, photographs and social and corporate events of our local and some national corporate history, of the employees of 50 years.
Other information and facts are appreciated about our "history"!
And if found - other W.E. and related plants, service center and other items of general interest.
Main items of interest from the Omaha plant - but not limited to:
(Publications): The Westerner, Headliner and Connect company newsletters, AT&T, Lucent Magazines, W.E. Corporate publications, WEOMA newsletters, Employee Involvement articles, internal sub branch newsletters, videos, photographs of any kind and product literature or handout at trade shows, and external newspaper articles about the plant and people and more, or by the...
UNION CHAPTERS of: I.B.E.W. - (INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS)
LOCALS: # 1974 and # 1614 newsletters.
If you have any material, how trivial to share, I only ask to view, scan it and incorporate into this website for all to see. All items are returned to the owner. I'll meet with you and arrange for a pickup of materials if feasible?
531 466 4213 or by email - CLICK here to email me directly.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company which served the states of the upper Midwest including Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska and headquarters located in Omaha, NE.
"Omaha Works" manufacturing plant was established in 1958 with the name that Western Electric Corporation assigned, the "Omaha Works".
An Experienced Corporate Managerial/Staff and local I.B.E.W. #1974 & I.B.E.W. #1614 Union leadership led the company to many "first of ISO 9001 recognition and Malcolm Baldrige Recognition and many more awards.
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MY - W I S H L I S T F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N
Contained within ....is a VERY "LARGE" collection newsletter and images and, yet an incomplete accounting of internal newspapers, videos, photographs and social and corporate events of our local and some national corporate history, of the employees of 50 years.
Other information and facts are appreciated about our "history"!
And if found - other W.E. and related plants, service center and other items of general interest.
Main items of interest from the Omaha plant - but not limited to:
(Publications): The Westerner, Headliner and Connect company newsletters, AT&T, Lucent Magazines, W.E. Corporate publications, WEOMA newsletters, Employee Involvement articles, internal sub branch newsletters, videos, photographs of any kind and product literature or handout at trade shows, and external newspaper articles about the plant and people and more, or by the...
UNION CHAPTERS of: I.B.E.W. - (INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS)
LOCALS: # 1974 and # 1614 newsletters.
If you have any material, how trivial to share, I only ask to view, scan it and incorporate into this website for all to see. All items are returned to the owner. I'll meet with you and arrange for a pickup of materials if feasible?
531 466 4213 or by email - CLICK here to email me directly.
Omaha Works manufacturing facility in Omaha, Nebraska from the 1960's ... CLICK to ENLARGE
A grand meeting of ... Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Held in a prestigious large hall somewhere in Omaha ...maybe at the Omaha Stockyards?
Count the head table 20 "important people" sitting.
If you know where this meeting of 100's in attendance was at ... email me: stephenmiller@cox.net
(image was rolled and folded-sorry for results, yet no one took care - its over 60 years old)
Held in a prestigious large hall somewhere in Omaha ...maybe at the Omaha Stockyards?
Count the head table 20 "important people" sitting.
If you know where this meeting of 100's in attendance was at ... email me: stephenmiller@cox.net
(image was rolled and folded-sorry for results, yet no one took care - its over 60 years old)
Retrieved from that OLD cabinet. Think some are from a Miss WEOMA, office staff, engineers, scholarship awards and unknown who they are... some names are on the bottom if I know
Retrieved from a that lost cabinet.... 2 - 16mm B&W films of the initial discussion and public relations scripts for the announcement of the Manufacturing location of Omaha, Nebraska's for the
Western Electric's - Omaha Works new plant
STILL THERE AFTER 60+ years
There are booklets made about this initial construction and facts at THIS link (click here)
Titles of interest at {This WE 1963 and 1956 Formal Ground Breaking} plus others plant booklets!
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Audio comes in about 50 seconds into the clip...
watch the end where the EARTH movers start Think this is from the angle of 120th Street looking west? |
Practice reading of script by?
Probably - Western Electric President at that time? |
6 minute single projector slide show of 35mm color slides dated 1957 - NO SOUND
No control cropping of images - Yet most who know the facility can figure out what buildings, location and landscaping has occurred. ENJOY
No control cropping of images - Yet most who know the facility can figure out what buildings, location and landscaping has occurred. ENJOY
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No sound on either of these slide shows...
RECOVERED from same cabinet...DO you have anything like this?
If attending the NEXT luncheon, bring anything about the plant-our history ...be it newsletters, Union News, strike information or newspaper clippings...
or contact Steve at his email address: stephenmiller@cox.net or phone number (531 466 4213)
on the NEXT luncheon event registration form ...BRING them to the event ...it is appreciated.
The B&W image {below} with the "WESTERN ELECTRIC" on the front of the building (20 bldg.) probably in mid 60's
Maybe taken in spring of 1960's (because of 1957 Chevy Bel Air in parking lot), the trees - no leaves and snow melt?
and the "OMAHA WORKS" is not yet on the white "stained" marble frontage covering across the top.
The faded color image - again probably in the mid 60's - complete with 1 flagpole and a very tall brick "smokestack" near boiler house - also "no" parking lots in front for office staff in 20 building.
Click on IMAGE to enlarge either photo
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With all the recent images of the plant and property I've taken over the years - I'll try to organize then into new "links" in the very near future - let me consider some display options and organizational plans to review to make it easy
as one stop viewing? It is a big plant and some minor additions/enhancements have happened
New images recovered from ...
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Some of our past long history...CLICK on CRACKED BELL for more
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50 building - EW&C Insulating operator
RED BOOK
Dated April 1985-after divseture
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For iPad users or to download a file directly....use the file name next to this line of text
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PVC Insulating Manual 1985 by steve on Scribd
A collection of FUN and interesting
videos I've found on Youtube...
THIS definitely is ....HIGH CLASS, search for knowledge or I didn't know that...!
Your retired - do what you want!
Added more video of the great MUSIC from the 60,70,80, 90, 00's and 10's
This is FUN
CLiCK On CASSETTE/iPod graphic above
to view and ENJOY with SPEAKERS on.
This is FUN
CLiCK On CASSETTE/iPod graphic above
to view and ENJOY with SPEAKERS on.
NOW with image description of each image
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50 EW&C Building tear down - the contributor and myself occupied the 50 building - Wire and Cable in the 60-80's - more GREAT History remembered.
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What the inside 50 building - EW&C looked like before Millard Lumber moved in 2008+ and purchased 50 building and some adjacent land.
IMAGES from a lost storage box recently uncovered by a former plant engineer/trades employee
somewhere in Omaha?
Although not Omaha Works newer entrance gates for the late 90's and beyond... our engineering staff and others went looking at other ideas and plans...
The revolving gates and turnstiles were an improvement and did not need a manned station
CLICK on Turnstile ideas box.
The revolving gates and turnstiles were an improvement and did not need a manned station
CLICK on Turnstile ideas box.
All the great AT&T phones we purchased - at the AT&T Phone store - or sometimes in the company auditorium with EMPLOYEE discounts
AT&T Corporation/Verizon-Lucent and OTHER Corporation logo changes - will leave you wondering?
CLICK ON logo to go to that page
Old found from unknown image taker...looks mostly like 30 building side
PAST nails in the AT&T VAULT ? ...watch it on youtube and read some of the comments.
Water under the bridge ..so to say....
YET are we really better off today?
We all have choices and "CALL BLOCKERS, Spoof CALL ID and Robo CALLS" are we now BETTER OFF?
Water under the bridge ..so to say....
YET are we really better off today?
We all have choices and "CALL BLOCKERS, Spoof CALL ID and Robo CALLS" are we now BETTER OFF?
- about 20+ minutes on May 5, 1998 ...someone was capturing images on a video camcorder - kind of exciting yet something few plant facilities have done...ENJOY
CLICK on image to go to that new page about this 1985 handbook...thought we were AT&T then after 1984 divestiture?
Emil Mach of 30 bldg Crossbar
recycles parts for reclamation... more images click button
recycles parts for reclamation... more images click button
Over time - Screen captures I've used in other pages - Enjoy and enlarge each one by clicking on it. |
Employees Activity Mall 1993 - included
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TWO new business on SE corner of 30 building and a new insurance company by the old Main Cafeteria windows view. On the west side we have two finished Hotels and new drive thru car wash/fueling station and AT&T Switching facility are below.
Images captured on Aug. 3 and (last batch) on Oct. 24, 2018 New Companies (last images) Investors Reality and SWAIN Construction ADDED: 4/23/19
Still being sliced up into more opportunities for new business. Also a new CAR WASH addition to the NEW Murphys Fuel Center at 132nd & F St. CLICK here to see those and more |
All NEW windows are being placed on the window level of the south side of 30 building.
Think we did this in the 1980's also - ...a refreshed new look by Omaha Works Ltd. (Bill and Cliff)
Think we did this in the 1980's also - ...a refreshed new look by Omaha Works Ltd. (Bill and Cliff)
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Omaha made...switches/frames and the associated EQUIPMENT and WIRE that ties it all together - back then
Before pocket watches or wrist watches...and you had a phone...companies made these...AUTOMATED TIME announcements some advertising and RINGTONES... whats next?
A collection of films from the AT&T Archives, covering nearly 140 years of innovation. Films from AT&T, Bell Labs, Western Electric, and a broad tapestry of companies and teams that helped build the technological foundation for many of today's computing and communication innovations.
AT&T TechChannel or there website: |
Some BUZZ words of old days...DSX, Lucent and even shows Product Shots
Not sure what today's Central Office look like or even what a GOOGLE facility inside looks like? |
Continuation of the business... AND making the BEST
The "GOLD STANDARD" of audio equipment and amplifiers available?
VERY expensive equipment.
(not you children's audio of today - BETTER, is OLDER)
A new "Western Electric" Plant - now in Rossville, GA.
Standards of High Quality and Craftsmanship from our company still applied today - imagine that - hurrah !
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Pension and other news from NRLN:
Click on the "Avaya" logo Yet will leave that page for HISTORY |
Avaya new NEWS
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"Pride" was in Omaha -
Even the Jingle
"Our Future So Bright...We Gotta
Wear Shades"
...then we missed in 2000 our financial forecast ...oops!
corporate had an answer?
and this has been 19 + years ago...still interesting reading and some insight from a p.o.v.
Follow this news article:
CLICK HERE
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Hawthorne Works newsletters
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BELOW is the full sized newspaper - scanned into sections
"Lost" - now FOUND... never printed in our internal print shop - outside publication of the Omaha Team Works implementation awards program.
Might be a "One of One" publication?
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Best of Best Mar 1990 by on Scribd
One of the I.B.E.W. # 1974 Union Stewards collections of pins and badges from the Omaha Plant - Union
Click on image to ENLARGE
We should have been in the publishing business ...every division had a newsletters.
HERE is one by our EW&C and some variations of that Cable Shop newsletter. CLICK ON either logos to migrate to that page 
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE
Aerial - Helicopter
Over 70+ photographic original images recovered and saved ...thank you retiree. These images are from a Helicopter flyover before Lucent and on a medium format film camera - I thought they were lost. I know there are more out there...somewhere! WHERE were the drones - about 20 years too late! ENJOY by click on this link for MORE images
CLICK HERE to watch that short video
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We have been in the publishing business ...every division had a newsletters.
HERE is one by our Network Systems group of then AT&T...and later Lucent Technologies CLICK ON either logo to migrate to that page
A local Western Electric "SERVICE" facility.
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Supervisors Newsletter!
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It was KNOWN in the plant ...from our heritage we have "GREAT VOLUNTEERING EMPLOYEES"
Here is one of the known local community "giver of themselves" to the community.
If you know of more...PLEASE contact me at my email:
stephenmiller@cox.net
CLICK the the graphic above to see
a person's page of recognition
Acquired thru a former manager ...a lot of the Employee Involvement newsletters fo 1998-1991. Checkout these
NEW ones added and being added. CLICK EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT logo ABOVE to go to that page. ENJOY our past     Images submitted by Eileen Kosdecki taken on 8/81 ?
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WEOMA Club 1991 Jan/May - and 92 and other years - 2004
Even more than this ... a LOT of "WEOMA" newsletters. Found ...more WEOMA papers from 1980's and later. These were the daily events of the plant social events and activities of the Omaha Works employees. (thank you to a plant manager for these saved WEOMA newsletters) CLICK LOGO for the general location of WEOMA news ..there are many pages of WEOMA news, check them all out ...ALL YEARS. Western Electric OMAha - WEOMA ... a weekly publication by several plant employees serving as editors. |
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1950's and beyond newspaper clippings - copy of copies - very marginal quality - yet still "NEWS"
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A retirees publication by corporate AT&T produced and mailed to each retiree in the 80's and 90's.
I only have a few issues from that time frame..if there are more, I will glad incorporate them into this site to share. RETIREES known as of 1986 in an AT&T Retirees directory of 1987. This large publication covers all known retirees of 1986 and backwards. Realizing this is 30 year old book...and no images and names listed we might know are probably gone. Therefore much information gained would be of little value. A collectors sized phone book of passed away people based on retirement age of 65 plus 30 years since publication = history
AT&T 1987 Retired NEBRASKA-IOWA retired by steve on Scribd Scans of some important information pages, scan of a FIRST page of ALL retirees - found a few of the NE. and IA. people names. Then by states NE. and IA. Enjoy ... for most of the names might be gone or in their late 80's-90's.
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"There's More" for more short videos...of 6/21/17 
WHAT YEAR? --- if you have more memorable moments or items like this (our history) contact me.
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Photographs captured in 2004 of
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Click on the image to view the collection of images from 1957
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There is a group photograph from the 90's out in the trades building...CLICK here to see that image and MORE
Trades Employees - late 1990's
Yes we had that many plants trades and highly skilled millwrights, toolmakers and other factory skilled workers within the Omaha Works facility.
THERE are more trades images, etc.
At this CLICK
OR
CLICK HERE
To see data provided by Les Wigg of the plants trades of the ones "he" remembers. There might be more?
Yes we had that many plants trades and highly skilled millwrights, toolmakers and other factory skilled workers within the Omaha Works facility.
THERE are more trades images, etc.
At this CLICK
OR
CLICK HERE
To see data provided by Les Wigg of the plants trades of the ones "he" remembers. There might be more?
See Directions marked in black pen - W.E. and North
High resolution scan...
YEAR ? 1960's ?
The water tower in center lower is Ralston water tower and "Q" street and "L" street running center E-W. Interstate
I-80 is in and so is 120 & L street -
Enjoy and download if you wish /LARGE 25 megabyte file.
High resolution scan...
YEAR ? 1960's ?
The water tower in center lower is Ralston water tower and "Q" street and "L" street running center E-W. Interstate
I-80 is in and so is 120 & L street -
Enjoy and download if you wish /LARGE 25 megabyte file.
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35th Anniversary Preparations - images and pages of behind the scene details and work done by staff and the Union represented employees AT&T Omaha Works and of I.B.E.W. #1614 and #1974 in Omaha
CLICK on either AT&T image
above to see more:
CLICK on either AT&T image
above to see more:
And NOW for the 40th ...our last year of plant employees/area celebration held in Omaha. None were held under Avaya or other company!
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More of the 40th Anniversary of the Omaha Works - Lucent Technologies Celebration paperwork ...
CLICK on the image BELOW - it will take you to celebration information.
Yet there is so much MORE ? Check the year of 1998 newsletters for a recap and what happened that year.
For those newsletters - a short cut CLICK HERE
Gerry Coakley, Dick Shropshire and Delores Denecocke (sitting)
Herb Shelton, Bob Janssen, and Paul Pickrel (standing-sitting)
Herb Shelton, Bob Janssen, and Paul Pickrel (standing-sitting)
This website (OmahaWorks.net) has been added to the
Archive section
of Lucent Retirees website - along with other former plant locations
This section of the LRO website added the Omaha Works history and others factories of the Ma Bell - Western Electric Manufacturing to the ongoing history of Ma Bell and AT&T.
Click on the LRO logo to find about the
Omaha Works and other locations
Did you ever work at this job...? This and many NEW older images recovered and now posted for you to enjoy...
CLICK on image to access that image and more
Engineering Staff of the 70'-80's
Publication titled:
Technical-Professional Staff of Omaha Works
click on THE image below to access those pages
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Engineers of 1990's More Engineers and Staff? 1990's
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Medical Department in 20 building 1st level
A SOMETIMES NEEDED visit to:
New ear plus, cut finger, dropped reel on toe or many other minor items with factory production. Also for yearly check up and ear and eye testing...probably one of the FEW corporations that had in house on site-staff by skilled nurses/doctor.
They were a friendly staff on all 3 shifts!
New ear plus, cut finger, dropped reel on toe or many other minor items with factory production. Also for yearly check up and ear and eye testing...probably one of the FEW corporations that had in house on site-staff by skilled nurses/doctor.
They were a friendly staff on all 3 shifts!
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Reel Yard - High Quality B&W 1959 Construction
Click on image to Enlarge
Click on image
to go to the 1959 and 1967/68 Construction of Reel Yard and Water Treatment building
(100's of images) and ...
to go to the 1959 and 1967/68 Construction of Reel Yard and Water Treatment building
(100's of images) and ...
JUST found more construction B&W photographs 1956 land images and earthmovers - some labeled, some not.... and the beginning of Control Data across the street!
CLICK on the image for that PAGE.
CLICK on the image for that PAGE.
Corporate did one like this with management - ?
THIS ONE IS what our Corporate should have done...then again ..? THIS one sounds better!
THIS ONE IS what our Corporate should have done...then again ..? THIS one sounds better!
I remember OUR management team were distributing "SUNGLASS/SHADES", yet I don't think we did a video, only "BILLBOARDS" around Omaha for our 40th Anniversary celebration, which just happen to be the same time! See the YELLOW/Red images on the HOME page - very obvious
Found it ... Rich McGinn - "Gotta Wear Shades" -
starts at 59 ++ minutes in the ALL Employee Broadcast ...
Sorry it does not start at 59 minutes..use the scroll bar and move to that time..or listen to the WHOLE thing?
Many more older photographs of construction in the beginning and other images:
I.B.E.W. local union # 1974 - Members of the 80's
names if known are in the enlargements...donated by a retiree of the Union
Click image to enlarge
Are there MORE images to share...?
A cabinet was needed and FAST for presidential debate via AT&T - CSMI ...details of a 2008 opportunity.
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OLDER "linked" news articles added December 2016
Added many "old newspaper" articles link -- CLICK HERE or on image to see MANY older history articles of maybe other plants and Omaha.
The Hawthorne Museum - where some of the old phones/items that use to be in the display case from the Omaha Works main cafeteria went...?
Click on the above image to go there... 
Looking towards the east ...in the EW&C-50 building:
Insulating lines # 1- 48 in 50 building - Cable Shop looking east down the aisle of the "automatics" with storage racks above. Also we had concrete floors back then versus the old creosote wooden blocks of the 60's. They were a challenge to drive over when WET. Then we got "CONCRETE" in the 80's along with 7 day coverage..? 
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Another former manufacturing facility has a website and history to tell you. Here is a File about some of their HISTORY from a newsletter, I think.
Reading Works Pamphlet by steve on Scribd NEW - OLD images recently scanned on 12/7/16
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Company Volunteer Employee Clowns for Social and Company Events
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MORE images to come...once I organize and sort - ALWAYS looking for More...
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Volunteering with the Employees Organization at the factory, many projected a very positive feelings of all the employees helping the community.
I was incorrect ! - I didn't know CommScope had a facility in Sidney, NE. It looked like items we used at one time in Omaha. Here is the article wordage from Nov. 14, 2016 Omaha World Herald paper:
About 140 jobs will be lost with the closing of a copper cable plant in Sidney, Nebraska. CommScope, based in Hickory, North Carolina, said it will close the plant in phases and move some of the work to a CommScope facility in Claremont, North Carolina. CommScope gained the Sidney plant in August as part of its acquisition of Broadband Network Solutions from TE Connectivity. CommScope said the Sidney plant is being closed because of underutilization and available production capacity elsewhere.
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CommScope2016 Brochure Final by steve on Scribd
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Products W.E. made, not necessarily in Omaha... CLICK on phone to see large a Western Electric pre - divestiture Consumer telephone catalogue TODAY we hardly purchase landline phone, mostly now are the SMART Phones of today - preferably an iPhone! |
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Western Electric History ... Lincoln Nebraska Building
The famous Lincoln building that once had the name Western Electric-one in Lincoln, and one in Omaha (building A?) ....CLICK HERE for the whole story from the Lincoln Journal Star for Lincoln's article. Is an article/images of building of a building in downtown Omaha ? Or read the file below?Western Electric History in Millard Nebraska...
CLICK on image to make it LARGER !
http://durhammuseum.org/
Found this reference to the land the plant got built on, and also a comment on WHY Millard township back then was laid out different. CLICK on image to ZOOM closer Link is from eomahaforums.com...bottom of the page http://eomahaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=743#p243287 Share with your friends or former employees of the plant at 120th & "L" Street If you wish to add items from your personal collections of photos, newsletters, video tapes or plant related articles. All items are returned, or if you wish, or I can keep forever. Since you're on the internet - you can email me below...I'll pass on the phone calls for now and ship to me addresses - I might move! email: stephenmiller@cox.net I do respond to emails From the companies of: W.E., AT&T, Lucent and Avaya Corporations A former, (retired) management employee of 32 years. Questions, corrections or clarifications - email me. 
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A letter generated below is from the p.o.v. of other scholars of why
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For iPad users or to download a file directly....use the file name next to this line of text below
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Our cabinets were built to this level to perfection and quality by our Omaha Works by our skilled workforce for over 45 years.
Many employees in cabinets and the production process from drafting/CAD drawings, engineers, support management, plant management and production employees would be proud they made such durable products.
Look around Omaha and other locations...those cabinets/painted enclosures are still working to provide us ...telephone, internet and a variety of digital services today.
Many employees in cabinets and the production process from drafting/CAD drawings, engineers, support management, plant management and production employees would be proud they made such durable products.
Look around Omaha and other locations...those cabinets/painted enclosures are still working to provide us ...telephone, internet and a variety of digital services today.
A non portable original antique Wood analogue phone just needs lots of furniture polish to maintain - Courtesy G.Vomacka
CLICK on ANY image to .... make it larger !
Very RARE find... a 1961 pay detail...keep looking in your "stored away boxes"
There is MORE out there to enhance this site and our "Omaha Works" History
Look at the hourly pay...PREMIUM pay in those days...not sure what minimum wage was back then...THIS surely had it beat ! Thanks Western Electric for you supported many communities and families for many decades, and all the names that followed in Corporate terms.
WANT to see what todays dollars would buy based on some past years wages...click on this link below
http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
There is MORE out there to enhance this site and our "Omaha Works" History
Look at the hourly pay...PREMIUM pay in those days...not sure what minimum wage was back then...THIS surely had it beat ! Thanks Western Electric for you supported many communities and families for many decades, and all the names that followed in Corporate terms.
WANT to see what todays dollars would buy based on some past years wages...click on this link below
http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
The title says it all to over 50+ employees of the "Omaha Works" in this image .
The existence of the Omaha Works from 1958 - 2011, with over 50+ years of fantastic
Union and non union employees, Management/Engineering/staff and many supporting Trades people... made this facility the BEST ever in the system and in the history of MA BELL's manufacturing division.
This proud location contributed so many products and services that WAS represented the pride of the U.S.of A. and the WORLD's BEST Telephone system.
The existence of the Omaha Works from 1958 - 2011, with over 50+ years of fantastic
Union and non union employees, Management/Engineering/staff and many supporting Trades people... made this facility the BEST ever in the system and in the history of MA BELL's manufacturing division.
This proud location contributed so many products and services that WAS represented the pride of the U.S.of A. and the WORLD's BEST Telephone system.
For info. ABOUT the Creator... who is the real Steve Miller other website/personal/Professional click here or above images 
NEW - JUST ADDED
Video's taken on a iPhone 6s PLUS. click here or on the camera to watch some recent on location videos of the existing buildings and enhancements added to the old plant? Just added 2016 new booklets I call them... a very informative - LARGE booklet about ...
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Excuse the handwriting...just a note of who changed positions in 1972 added by?
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click on link Western Electric - "Omaha Works" Staff assignments from the Plant General Manager to Assistant Managers/Medical .
I was as an employee...1968/1969-2001
Steve Miller, were YOU?
Apologies for small images/quality....try the FULL PAGE view, yet even they are grainy...VERY SMALL IMAGES and TEXT to work from!
I was as an employee...1968/1969-2001
Steve Miller, were YOU?
Apologies for small images/quality....try the FULL PAGE view, yet even they are grainy...VERY SMALL IMAGES and TEXT to work from!
Updated with more new images
Do you remember when is said ....
"Western Electric"
on the tower ?
Lots of new images taken from the EAST side going West going the route of the back road "F" Street. I even missed a few places....
ENJOY, maybe more in the future ?
CLICK HERE or on the above image: to go to dedicated page of these images...
"Western Electric"
on the tower ?
Lots of new images taken from the EAST side going West going the route of the back road "F" Street. I even missed a few places....
ENJOY, maybe more in the future ?
CLICK HERE or on the above image: to go to dedicated page of these images...
Video Images of the new owner of the old 60 building - name changed to - Quad Graphics from
Specialty Finishing.
To learn more about that company and other video of the neat things they produce in our old warehouse, and how they utilized the floor space. They have more videos posted to watch which show the basic floor plan we
had till it was sold in 20xx?
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CLICK HERE for more of this company Speciality Finishing/QUAD Graphics for more information and videos of their tools and services. I posted mainly because it shows the old 60 building internals layout.
(at least the internal walls/racks are still there)
Specialty Finishing.
To learn more about that company and other video of the neat things they produce in our old warehouse, and how they utilized the floor space. They have more videos posted to watch which show the basic floor plan we
had till it was sold in 20xx?
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CLICK HERE for more of this company Speciality Finishing/QUAD Graphics for more information and videos of their tools and services. I posted mainly because it shows the old 60 building internals layout.
(at least the internal walls/racks are still there)
THIS sites VIEWING pleasure is best from a desktop computer or maybe iPad.
This site was not optimized for the
Smart Phone format !
This site was not optimized for the
Smart Phone format !
Aerial image from BEFORE the changes....drive by 132nd St. side or the "I" St access road on the west end....CHANGES have been made for the ....new owners? GONE was the large parking lot and access roads of before...replaced by more roads/hotels and more businesses. Now a new road "130th Plaza" (the old 50 bldg. parking lot) and a new railroad track, and the WEST GUARD SHACK is now gone ...SEE above images for other views.
How we used to fabricate and some people installed these cabinets under the old companies...
now a new company *CommScope* guidelines.
For those who USE to build these "state of the art" cabinets, and install under the AT&T-Lucent-Avaya days ...ENJOY
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From the video tape vault...THIS tape has everything. Bright Future, "Gotta Wear Shades", Acquisition of ASCEND and a 2016 Presidential candidate (female) who use to be in management at Lucent.
MAYBE more to come...? Western Electric/AT&T/
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Contributed by Edie Reister...we sure gave away lots of items to our employees. This bobble was part of of a TEAM program for ideas/rewards in the late 89-90 years. If you have anything involving the plant/employees, contact: Steve Miller
Details and some explanation of the new construction.
For details from the article on the image to the left: follow this link below It show three new buildings (2 hotel and Omaha Track Headquarters) and some interior and artists rendering of future. The images above in the slideshow are of construction images. CLICK here for a link to the map/explanation OR Story Explanation below: click on the text in red http://www.omaha.com/money/old-western-electric-land-is-getting-a-railroad--themed/article_5783e725-f177-50e8-95d1-f7b4bfd9a991.html?mode=story Sharing of images from a former employee who was there till the end, and wished to share what he did for 29 years of W.E. AT&T, Lucent, Avaya and Commscope.Steve Dormer, informed me that he worked at the plant for 29 years and 5 months. I was in the July 15, 2011 the last group to be laid off. Below are pictures that I took on my old cell phone that I have recently transferred to my computer.
+ + + + + I was a sheet metal high bay employee, that is why the pictures are mostly of the sheet metal, paint line, cabinet related variety. I ran the turret punch that is pictured. Thank You: Steve Miller for the web site. (Lots of pictures of cell teams for the 1990's, etc.) P.S. Thank you Steve, unfortunately all the captions did not transfer over, YET people will enjoy them. Also, these images are in the "photographs" section - Steve Miller-creator 
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After the luncheon in 2000 and the Avaya Players at the Holiday Inn in Omaha Cathy Placek, Ray Schwartz and Dr. Tom Osborne spoke to the retirees.
From the unknown... the lost video tape vault of ...?
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Internal Company - Phone BooksADDED another book - 1988
FIRST Omaha Works internal phone book was March 1959 ? and more added. Ponder the idea...who was there in ANY year. Look at each book in a year you remember - you might be surprised who you'll find as - Engineer, Department Chief/Supervisor or staff member ! CLICK HERE to view 
A reminder of how important "SAFETY" was on/off the job. This "plaque" was on ALL supervisors desk ! 
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One of many images of THE famous front of
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History of this combined company of U.S. and Europe. Click here. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/about/history
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Click on a "logo" to connect and view our former/current corporate web page.
Collectors Piece? It's value at one time was over $80.00+ ... now called Alcatel-Lucent and now NOKIA
Current price is OVER $? so many name changes, gave up on the French company - Alcatel, now purchased by Nokia What's next?
Current price is OVER $? so many name changes, gave up on the French company - Alcatel, now purchased by Nokia What's next?
