Western Electric
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Western Electric was a major American electrical engineering and manufacturing company best known as the manufacturing arm of AT&T and a pioneer in telecommunications and sound technology.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electrical engineering company
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manufacturing company → telecommunications equipment company → |
| associatedWith |
Hawthorne studies
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| businessModel |
captive manufacturing for AT&T
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| collaboratedWith |
Bell System
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Bell Telephone Laboratories → |
| contributedTo |
development of long-distance telephony
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early sound film technology in Hollywood → standardization of telephone equipment → |
| country |
United States
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| developed |
electrodynamic loudspeaker
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sound-on-film technology → telephone handsets → telephone switchboards → transmission systems for telephony → vacuum tube amplifiers → |
| foundedBy |
Elisha Gray
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Enos M. Barton → |
| foundedInYear |
1869
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| headquartersLocation |
Chicago
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Illinois → United States → |
| industry |
electrical equipment
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electronics → sound technology → telecommunications equipment → |
| knownFor |
Hawthorne Works industrial complex
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| legacy |
high-fidelity audio equipment designs
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influence on modern telecommunications standards → |
| majorFacility |
Hawthorne Works
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| majorFacilityLocation |
Cicero, Illinois
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| notableFor |
development of motion picture sound systems
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development of telecommunications technology → pioneering work in sound recording → pioneering work in sound reproduction → production of telephone equipment → |
| originalName |
Gray & Barton
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| parentCompany |
AT&T
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company → |
| partOf |
Bell System
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| peakInfluencePeriod |
early 20th century
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mid 20th century → |
| productType |
cables
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loudspeakers → switching systems → telephones → vacuum tubes → |
| regulatoryEvent |
subject to U.S. antitrust actions against AT&T
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| role |
manufacturing arm of AT&T
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| supplied |
telephone equipment to Bell operating companies
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