General Electric Fort Wayne History

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General electric fort wayne history.

Featuring interviews with former employees and historians. This new documentary production from pbs fort wayne will take the viewer on a journey through 140 years of fort wayne history connecting people places and events in american history. Wane as electric works prepares to move forward with their renovations to the general electric campus in downtown fort wayne a documentary is exploring the history of the. Archival images from the clovis linkous collection provided by the history center allen county fort wayne historical society.

Connecting local people past and present to places and events in regional and american history this presentation goes back to the origins of the company in the 1880s before becoming a part of general electric. In 1947 they were one of the founding members of the nibl competing there for one. The ge project promises to be one of the biggest renovation efforts in northeast indiana s history. Season 2020 29s electric legacy will take you on a journey through 140 years of fort wayne history and beyond.

Jenny the inventor of an electric arc lamp and a small electric generating dynamo came to the city with his son charles with plans of manufacturing these products. The story of general electric in fort wayne preview. Ge rises to the challenge of building a world that works. The story of general electric in fort wayne will take you on a journey 140 years in the making.

The general electric company had its beginning in fort wayne in 1881 when james a. Once employing almost 40 percent of fort wayne s workforce ge s. Telling the story of the fort wayne jenney electric company and its transition to becoming part of general electric. Fort wayne earned a large feature in the wall street journal in early january for its ambitious efforts to renovate the ge campus a 440 million project that spans more than 1 2 million square feet near the heart of downtown.