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Date Range
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1892 – 2021
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Title
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GE company grows in size as the industry revitalizes Schenectady
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What occurred
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General Electric Company grows from a small plant in 1886 (Top picture shown) to 1914 plans (Bottom Picture).
The business grew to such an extent that offices were established in the principal cities in the US and foreign countries. The original plants at Schenectady, Lynn and Harrison, N. J., were retained and enlarged, while other plants were added. The principal manufacturing plants now are at Schenectady, N. Y., Lynn, Mass., Pittsfield, Mass., and Harrison, N. J. The company also has plants at Erie, Pa., Fort Wayne, Ind., Toledo. Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, Newark, N. J., and East Boston, Mass.
This connects to a new age of manufacturing and a new age of polluting. I myself went to try and grab soil samples for my stats project near the main plant on 1 River Road and the security is airtight and there is no obvious soil samples to take.
The company covers the entire building grounds with grass covering and extra soil to keep contaminants out of the eyes of the public. There is a long history of super fund sites that surround this area and the general wealth of surrounding neighborhood that I collected samples from visibly show the deterioration that GE caused in the immediate area.
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Location
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12345, 1 River Rd, Schenectady, NY 12306
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Image Citation
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https://archive.org/details/schenectadyancie01monr/page/276/mode/2up?view=theater
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Student name(s)
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Julien Evans
