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Re: [OM] The Last Days of General Electric in Ft. Wayne

Subject: Re: [OM] The Last Days of General Electric in Ft. Wayne
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:17:37 +0100
I rather think, Dave, that Chris has described that significance in that email.

Chris

On 20 Jun 14, at 22:24, David Bell <david.w.bell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Looks like an Albert Kahn concrete building. Is it of historical significance?
> 
> dave
> 
> On 20/06/2014 19:18, Chris Crawford wrote:
>> GE used to be one of Fort Wayne's biggest employers, with over 25,000 people
>> working at the company's sprawling complex of factories, offices, and R&D
>> facilities in the city's downtown area. They recently announced that they
>> will be shutting down the remaining operations at the 102 year old complex,
>> which still has 13 buildings, at the beginning of 2015. Most of the
>> buildings have sat empty for many years now, the manufacture of electric
>> motors and appliances having been sent to low-wage countries. Fewer than 100
>> people still work there, so the closing will not have a big economic impact
>> in Fort Wayne, but symbolically it represents the final end of the days when
>> American manufacturers built such gigantic manufacturing facilities here.
>> 
>> Several people in my family worked here in the long-ago past, including my
>> father's grandfather, two of his uncles, and one of his aunts. I've started
>> photographing the buildings over the last month or so; I anticipate that
>> they'll be demolished once GE leaves.
>> 
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=67
>> 
>> These are the seven photos I have up so far. I'll continue adding more to
>> this ongoing project. I have four rolls of film I shot this week to develop
>> and scan, and I have more things I want to photograph before its gone.

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