General Electric moves headquarters to Schenectady
Date Range
April 15, 1892 – April 15, 1892
Title
General Electric moves headquarters to Schenectady
What occurred
In 1892 GE moved its company headquarters from New York City to Schenectady, NY. As we saw in the Sanborn map from 1914, the company set up along the Erie Canal. This brought in thousands of jobs, but as we know GE was responsible for a large amount of pollution.
Location
Schenectady, NY
Image Citation
https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06246_005/
Student name(s)
Ryan Gallary
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