River Works
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| Built | 1943 |
| Location | Lynn, Massachusetts |
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River Works, formerly known as Air Force Plant 29, is a plant of General Electric's aviation division located in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is serviced by the River Works station on the MBTA's Newburyport/Rockport Line. It was purchased by General Electric in 1983 from the United States Air Force.[citation needed]
History
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company moved its operations to a new factory building on Western Avenue in West Lynn in 1883. By 1892, it had expanded into a sprawling factory complex between Western Avenue and the Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Route tracks.[1] That year, the company merged with Edison General Electric to become General Electric (GE).[2] By 1894, the Lynn plant was known as the "river works" after its position along the Saugus River.[3]
The factory was expanded in 1943 as a supercharger facility (Air Force Plant No. 29), and helped to build the first jet engine during World War II. Activities performed at the plant originally included aircraft engine testing, disassembly, lubricating, cleaning and assembly. Operations included, degreasing, electrochemical grinding, engine maintenance, metal washing, parts cleaning and stress fracture testing.[4]
The workers at the facility were known for leftist politics, joining the new United Electric Workers union in 1936. They were targeted by state and federal governments during the Second Red Scare; in 1954, Joseph McCarthy subpoenaed five employees.[5]
From 1968 to 1972, the 'Pilot Program' was introduced. Faced with rising tensions on the shop floor, bottle-necks in production and low-quality products, GE management tried a scheme of workers' control of production in one area of the plant. Immediate results in increased output and machine utilisation, and a reduction on manufacturing losses but was eventually terminated by the management.[6] The plant had operations boosted in the late 1980s after General Electric decided to close the General Electric Everett Plant and move operations there.[7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mauruth, Joe Jr. (1990). "Thomson-Houston Electric Company" (PDF). In John and Carol McDougald (ed.). A History and Guide to North American Pintype Insulators. National Insulator Association. pp. 60–63.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Edgar B. Herwick III, WGBH (January 18, 2016). "GE Has Always Been A Massachusetts Story".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pullman in Lynn". Boston Globe. July 19, 1894. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."IRP Phase I Air Force Plants Nos 28+29" (PDF). Air Force Engineering Services Center. June 1984. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 16, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nevins, Joseph; Moodliar, Suren; Macrakis, Eleni (2020). A People's Guide to Greater Boston. University of California Press. pp. 241, 242. ISBN 9780520967571 – via Google Books.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Noble, David (1984). Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation. pp. 292–322.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GE may close plant". Nashua Telegraph. 22 February 1988. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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