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Baltimore Works Sep 1979 by steve on Scribd Baltimore Works newsletter from Aug/Sep 1979 newsletter. ONE and only that I have . . . Any MORE?
History of one of our former "Bell System plants.
Dallas Works has a web site about their multi owners history, much like Omaha's plant. Click on image for more details. 
Another former...south of Omaha - same time zone was the ...
Oklahoma City Works ..to my knowledge they produced the famous ESS switching system, and I was fortunate to visit their in the 1990's on assignment for a project. Follow this link (click image) to see what is a history of the facility, and former Bell System manufacturing plant. The one plant that I did get to visit! ADDITIONAL news about the former Lucent plant from Oklahoma City and it's NEW USE ... CLiCK HERE NewJersey - Western Electric FacilityPublished on Mar 7, 2014I found my Western Electric plant closing news video from 1984.
This was the 650 Liberty Ave, Union, NJ Service Center for telephone repair. I started here in 1966. Who would think that I would being working out of this same location for Comcast in the 90's. Now I'm retired and Comcast has vacated this building. A lot of good memories from working for Western Electric with many former workers who have now passed and are missed. Published on Mar 7, 2014Western Electric plant closing WCBS - TV News video from 1984.
This was the 650 Liberty Ave, Union, NJ Service Center for telephone repair. I started here in 1966. Who would think that I would being working out of this same location for Comcast in the 90's. Now I'm retired and Comcast has vacated this building. A lot of good memories from working for Western Electric with many former workers who have now passed and are missed.
39 Years at Little Rock by steve on Scribd Hawthorne Corporate TelevisionPublished on Oct 16, 2012See more from the AT&T Archives at http://techchannel.att.com/archives
This film showcases the operations at the Western Electric Hawthorne continuous cast copper rod mill, which was the second rod mill that W.E. ever built on the site (the first was built in 1922). It is one of many films produced at and about the Hawthorne Works, which was a massive industrial complex just west of Chicago. By 1975, this plant held the world record for amount of copper rod turned out by any mill, anywhere—7.4 million pounds of copper rod in a week. While Western Electric's entire Hawthorne complex was built starting in 1903, and closed in 1983, the rod mill is the only part of the plant to survive to today in working form. The wire-making plant system was designed in an agreement between Southwire and Western Electric, and built by 1972. In the early 1980s, AT&T shifted assembly activity to other plants and overseas, and the entirety of Hawthorne Works was no longer needed. The rod mill itself was sold to wire company Magma in 1984. Most of the rest of the Works was sold and later torn down to build a shopping mall. The Works' water tower and a few other buildings still stand. Other remnants of the Hawthorne Works reside in a small museum at Morton College in Cicero, Illinois. Footage Courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ Kansas City Plant Made these and other items?
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Hawthorne Works from the Chicago area...
Hawthorne Works History by steve on Scribd Some History of the former 1984 manufacturing plant that closed the doors of the Hawthorne Works. We might have received some of their products over the years ?
Columbus Works in Columbus, Ohioadditional information from a wesbite search: This is a rare Indiana Bell Telephone Directors Meeting "Columbus works" Lucite paperweight. Embedded inside is a an early Western Electric Electronic Switching System (ESS) circuit board with gold contacts that contains with a gold plated Western Electric transistor and various other Western Electric solid state components. Transistors were first used in the telephone industry in signaling devices & amplifiers for telephone repeaters. Bell system first used transistors in 1953 with it's "card translator", a device used for selecting trunk routes in trunk exchanges. The "Columbus Works" plant located in Columbus, Ohio was opened in 1957 by AT&T's telephone-equipment maker, Western Electric, and eventually grew to house more than 12,000 workers. The Columbus Works manufacturing plant was eventually closed by Alcatel-Lucent in late 2008. Courtesy of Steve Dormer and his diligent searches about our "history" of Ma Bell manufacturing plants. Unsure what the Columbus Works manufactured or if many people came to Omaha from Columbus, as it seems at times Omaha Works was sometimes a final destination of products being transferred to other Works locations. Cick on image to enlarge if you wish
Published on Apr 16, 2015 The old Western Electric Columbus Works manufacturing building is gone. Only the foundation is left. This building was erected in 1958 and contained over 1 million square feet of manufacturing space.
Former Employee remembers the "Bell System" from his p.o.v. click on text to see his TRIP of memories
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Western Electric-Reading Works History of... by steve on Scribd
Continuous slide show of photographs...always looking for more...
About Our Museum The Frank H. Woods Telephone Pioneer Museum was incorporated in 1994 and officially opened in October 1996. It was created through the hard work of many local Pioneer volunteers, a grant by the Independent Telephone Pioneers Association (ITPA) and funding and support from Aliant Communications.
The museum is named for Frank H. Woods, Sr. (1868-1952) who founded Lincoln Telephone Company in 1903. The company began serving 1,800 Lincoln customers in June 1904. Telephony, an industry publication, praised the new company as "the first large automatically operated telephone exchange west of Chicago."
The museum is named for Frank H. Woods, Sr. (1868-1952) who founded Lincoln Telephone Company in 1903. The company began serving 1,800 Lincoln customers in June 1904. Telephony, an industry publication, praised the new company as "the first large automatically operated telephone exchange west of Chicago."
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph - our local neighbor, beside the local Northwestern Bell/Qwest/Century Link/?
was an independent Telecom company...
their history/website.
Our sales associates sold to everyone!
Columbus Works ...another similar layout of the manufacturing plants of then Western Electric-AT&T
In the mid 1950s, AT&T decided to open a Western Electric manufacturing facility in the midwest, to be staffed by a combination of local hires and relocated employees from its New York and Hawthorne Works facilities. Columbus, Ohio, was chosen as the site of the new satellite plant. "Columbus Works" commenced operation in 1957 and quickly became the primary manufacturing site for crossbar switches. In keeping with the corporate practice of the day, a parallel Bell Laboratories branch was also established at the facility.
To access their website. CLICK HERE or on image
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W.E. Baltimore Works 5:70 Booklet by steve on Scribd
Western Electric - Baltimore Works booklet from 1970
This is a booklet produced by the facility corporate staff about the production of many products and the people of the works in Baltimore, Maryland on May 1970, courtesy of a former employee - J.Golmanavich
Allentown WE Alumni:
A web site dedicated to the people that made Western Electric/Bell Labs/AT&T/Lucent and Agere Systems manufacturing successful during the life of the cleanroom manufacturing era.
Click HERE to visit another plant of the BEST phone system in the World
....Ma Bell system
....Ma Bell system