Thomas Edison moves the Edison Machine Works Company to Schenectady
- Date Range
- 1885 – 1892
- Title
- Thomas Edison moves the Edison Machine Works Company to Schenectady
- What occurred
- The Edison Machine Works Company took up 10 acres of factories in Schenectady to make electric motors and systems used for locamotives. This company then merged with other electric companies owned by Thomas A. Edison to form Edison General Electric in 1889. Edison General Electric merged with Thomson-Houston Electric Company in 1892 to form General Electric which became headquarted in Schnectady.
- Location
- Schenectady, NY
- Image Citation
- General Electric Company. Edison Machine Works, Goerck Street, New York, from an Illustration Published about 1885. Schenectady, NY, 1885.
- Student name(s)
- Jack Donahue