MY family moved to Dundalk in 1933 I was born in 34 . My father went to work AT western Electric Broaning Highway in 1931, times were hard and for a time Fred Pollard was cut to one day a week. He was a Machinist there.
I can imagine how hard it was for people like you, and yes, knowing the contributions that Bell Labs brought to the world, it was a shame to see it dismantled.
A heartfelt big thank you to my dad, "Big Ed" Baranowski. He passed away in 2012 and worked at W E for over 40 years in the wire shop. He and W E helped put me through school, put food on our table, and gave my mom and me, a good life! I never saw such a proud man when we visited him at W E during "open house" day doing his job on the wire line. I still own many shares of AT&T stock he gave me after he passed. He really enjoyed his job and the many people at the Broening Highway plant. p.s. I till like the landline telephone anytime over an undependable wireless phone - LOL!
I agree this was a literal shame to take the greatest communication system in the world and dismantle it .Western Electric products were made to last an eternity, now over seas junk took its place . I was glad to have lived in the days of Southern New England, NJ Bell ,and C&P Telephone .Awesome flawless communications .Great to see how great we once and no longer are.
MY family moved to Dundalk in 1933 I was born in 34 . My father went to work AT western Electric Broaning Highway in 1931, times were hard and for a time Fred Pollard was cut to one day a week. He was a Machinist there.
I worked at Western Electric Allentown Works in the 1970s and 1980s. What happened to the Bell System is a crying shame.
I can imagine how hard it was for people like you, and yes, knowing the contributions that Bell Labs brought to the world, it was a shame to see it dismantled.
A heartfelt big thank you to my dad, "Big Ed" Baranowski. He passed away in 2012 and worked at W E for over 40 years in the wire shop. He and W E helped put me through school, put food on our table, and gave my mom and me, a good life! I never saw such a proud man when we visited him at W E during "open house" day doing his job on the wire line. I still own many shares of AT&T stock he gave me after he passed. He really enjoyed his job and the many people at the Broening Highway plant. p.s. I till like the landline telephone anytime over an undependable wireless phone - LOL!
I agree this was a literal shame to take the greatest communication system in the world and dismantle it .Western Electric products were made to last an eternity, now over seas junk took its place . I was glad to have lived in the days of Southern New England, NJ Bell ,and C&P Telephone .Awesome flawless communications .Great to see how great we once and no longer are.
Grew up in predivesture days myself.
Had NY Telephone here in the Big Apple.
i still have my 1937 phone and it works just fine :)
@@sluckabaugh WE 302 Model?
The plant closed in the early 80's with the shift to overseas manufacturing.
0:37... Norte... tern electric.
Yes. Western Electric. I knew that.
And funny enough avaya and some of the remnants of nortel are back together
…and then there was diversification and outsourcing of jobs to cheaper international markets with the subsequent collapse of a city like Baltimore…
With the shift to wireless, what was/is the fate of the B'more Works?
@Stephen Anthony I'll be there soon.
Sounds like it sat empty until it was torn down in 2017 from what I can find.
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Western Electric Baltimore Works 1977
Wall Street destroyed all of this.
The invention of the fiber-optic cable and the breakup of the Bell system by the government is what destroyed this.
@@J-1410Well Wall Street wanted Bell’s monopoly broken up so they could enter the market.
@@tookitogo And they conveniently waited 110 years. Sure.
@@J-1410 You don’t think they tried over the years?!? They certainly did, they just didn’t have the right politicians in office for it to succeed.
Sounds like a Charlie's Angels theme song was used.
Breaking up the Bell System was the stupidest move this country ever made. Plant closed a few years after this was made.