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Western Electric Company Inc.
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| Name | Western Electric Company Inc. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Art des Unternehmens | elektrotechnische Fabrik |
| Quellenangaben | [The blue book (1993) 391] [Brockhaus Enzykl (1974) XX, 256] [Am. Inst Elect. Eng.: Chicago electrical handbook (1904) 141] |
| Hinweise | [Western electrician 31 (1902) 22.11.1902]: Anzeige Motors, Generators ... |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1871 |
Gründung |
| 1876 |
Das Ergebnis der elektrischen Übertragung von Tönen wird in einem Patentgesuch niedergelegt. Er erhält dieses Patent jedoch nicht, weil Alexander Graham Bell eine Patent-Anmeldung auf das gleiche Objekt zwei Stunden vor Gray vorlegt. In einem Rechtsstreit gelingt es Gray und der mit ihm verbündeten "Western Electric Company" nicht, seine Ansprüche gegen Bell durchzusetzen. |
| 1878 |
Elisha Gray tritt aus der "Western Electric Company" aus, um sich seinen Studien und der Verwertung seiner Erfindungen zu widmen, die vor allem Relais und Drucktelegrafen sind. |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Detektivkameras "Button" |
1885 |
[The blue book (1993) 391] |
1885 |
[The blue book (1993) 391] |
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| Fernmeldeanlagen |
1871 |
Beginn |
1972 |
bekannt |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| ab 1888-1890 |
Dampfkessel |
0 |
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Babcock & Wilcox Co. |
Heizfläche |
0 |
qm |
Wasserrohrkessel |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1972 |
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205670 Beschäftigte |
Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| Zeit |
Bezug |
Abfolge |
andere Firma |
Kommentar |
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dort tätig |
danach |
Elisha Gray |
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| ZEIT | 1904 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | A glance at the New York factory will suffice to show that, in its extension beyond Chicago, the Western Electric Company has not been unmindful of the benefits and economies resulting from efficient factory construction and organization. In 1896 the Company moved from a building which it owned and occupied on Thames street just off Broadway, and began the erection of a system of buildings on West and Bethune streets directly opposite the docks of the White Star Line, and at that point there are to-day employed over 4,000 men. From the New York factory the output is almost entirely fine work, such as instruments, telephone receivers, transmitters and bells, the only coarse work being the making of lead-covered cables; the cable output, however, is only large enough to take care of
certain business in the East which it is not convenient to handle from Chicago. This factory was planned in its entirety before construction was begun, so that as it now stands it is a consistent and homogeneous arrangement of shops, with none of the disadvantages which necessarily exist in such a plant as the Clinton Street Works in Chicago, which have greatly outgrown their original plans and have been enlarged by additions and extensions. The general design of the buildings is a hollow rectangle, having a solid rectangular court about 150 feet long, which
aids in admitting light to the shop floors. Structurally, the building is of the most approved fireproof construction, with a steel framework and floors supported throughout on brick arches. To reduce the fire risk, the
building is divided into four parts by fire walls running from cellar to roof and extending from a central court to
the four fronts of the building and cutting each floor into four sections, the ten floors of the shop thus being divided into forty sections. The fire walls are double, and contain between them the elevators and stairways, the
openings through the walls being provided with fire doors with fusible links. All buildings are sprinkled automatically. The isolated plant which supplies electric current for lighting and power in the building, although installed some years ago, is still one of the largest independent installations in New York. Current is generated and distributed entirely on a two-wire, 120-volt system, this voltage being adopted on account of the short distance from plant to the load. The buildings are heated by means of hot water, which is in turn heated by the exhaust steam of the auxiliary engines, or live steam in case this exhaust is not sufficient. All water used throughout the building except that for boiler feed is obtained from artesian wells sunk under the property. The offices cover about one-half of the 10th floor and the whole of the llth, 12th and 13th floors, and are unusually elaborate. |
| QUELLE | [Am. Inst Elect. Eng.: Chicago electrical handbook (1904) 142] |
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