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has glosseng: The Hawthorne Works, in Cicero, Illinois, was a large factory complex built by Western Electric starting in 1905 and operating until 1983. It had 45,000 employees at the height of its operations. Besides telephone equipment, the factory produced a wide variety of consumer products, including refrigerators and electric fans. Hawthorne Works was named for Hawthorne, Illinois, a small town that was later incorporated into Cicero. The facility was so expansive, it contained a private railroad to move shipments through the plant to the nearby Burlington Northern Railroad freight depot. Workers regularly used bicycles for transit within the plant. It was purchased in the mid-1980s by the late Donald L. Shoemaker and replaced with a shopping center. One of the original towers remained at the corner of 22nd Street and Cicero Ave.
lexicalizationeng: Hawthorne Works
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has glossfin: Hawthornen tehtaat olivat Western Electric-konserniin kuulunut tehdas Cicerossa, Illinoisissa. Hawthornen kylä kuului Ciceron kaupunkiin. Tehdas perustettiin vuonna 1905 ja se toimi vuoteen 1983.
lexicalizationfin: Hawthornen tehtaat
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has glossfra: Lusine Western Electric de Cicero est un important centre de recherche et de fabrication de matériel téléphonique, situé à Cicero, dans la banlieue ouest de Chicago (États-Unis). Cette usine, qui fut en activité de 1904 à 1984, appartenait à la Western Electric Company, filiale industrielle de lAmerican Bell Telephone Company, devenue plus tard American Telephone & Telegraph Company ou AT&T.
lexicalizationfra: usine Western Electric de Cicero
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