General electric in schenectady new york in the 1920s.
General electric schenectady ny history.
Grems doolittle library schenectady county historical society what happened to schenectady as a result of ge scaling back its.
In 1917 20 000 people worked.
Schenectady was a manufacturing center known as the city that lights and hauls the world a reference to two prominent businesses in the city the edison electric company now known as general electric and the american locomotive company alco.
Both plants continue to operate under the ge banner to this day.
The document he signed is one of the most valuable records in the county clerk s office.
General electric was formed through the 1892 merger of edison general electric company of schenectady new york and thomson houston electric company of lynn massachusetts with the support of drexel morgan co.
The general electric company in 1887 thomas edison moved his edison machine works to schenectady.