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History of the radio manufacturer Western Electric Company Inc.; New York (NY)


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Name: Western Electric Company Inc.; New York (NY)    (USA)    
Abbreviation: western-el  
Products: tubes model-types  
Summary: Western Electric Company Inc., Broadway 195, New York (NY).
Global activities as 'International Western Electric Company'.

Famous for Tubes: the 215-A was the first mass production miniature tube (early 20s),derived from the first peanut tube (end of WW1); licence manuf. in GB as WECOVALVE by ST&C, and in Austria by Czeija,Nissl&Co.; Ref.: Tyne et al.

 
Radioproduction: 1913 -
History: In 1907/08 the laboratories of the 'American Telegraph and Telephone Co.' (AT&T) in Boston and the 'Western Electric Company Inc.' in New York and Chicago was decided to be consolidated into the New York building of the 'Western Electric Company Inc.' on the corner Bethune Street/West Street. Both laboratories was supervised by the 'Western Electric Company Inc.', but both of the companies remained individual in commercial, development and patent activities.
In 1924 the European activities was covered by the 'Western Electric Company, Ltd.' in London, England.
Representative for Middle and Eastern Europe was E.O.Zwietusch in Berlin, Germany, Potsdamer Str.123b.

     

Some models:
Ctry  Year  Name  1st Tube  Notes
USA  18  Airplane Interphone SCR57     Airplane Interphone manufactured for the United States Signal Corps during World War I. A... 
USA  60  Code-A-Phone 700     Western Electric Code-A-Phone 700;
Telephone call answering machine with special tape. 
USA  29  D-95508   262A  Push-pull af output stage. 
USA  55  Transmission Measuring Set 21A     Western Electric Transmission Measuring Set 21A;
Portable, one instrument. 
USA  17  SCR 59 Airplane Radio Receivin...  VT1  Western Electric SCR 59 von 1917,Very early Signal Corp receiver designedfor use in WWI ai... 
USA  67  Cardmatic Tube Tester KS-15874...    made by Hickok; similar to Cardmatic 1234B. 
USA  47  124C     6J7   
USA  18  CW 938 A 938 A  VT-2   
USA  22  2-C (2C) Amplifier      
USA  24  4-C (4C)     Early Superhet, for loop operation. Came with Tuner and Filter (2B) for use as a broadcast... 
USA  23  3-B (3B)      
USA  22  3-A (3A)      

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