General Electric

The (relatively) famous sign and logo atop the main building at the shrinking complex for General Electric Power Systems in Schenectady, New York. The sign is made up of thousands of light bulbs. The sign blinks, or flashes, slowly and this behavior is driven by variable reluctance transformers.

It could be said that Schenectady has a "Love-Hate" relationship with the multinational corporation and the heads of its Power Systems division (and nearby R&D group in Niskayuna) with regards to issues of economics (employment, labor relations, taxes) and the environment (pollution).

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Shutterbug1000 says:

This is a great pic, Matt :)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

tomlinsonstravels says:

cool pic, my best friend worked on the demo crews at this plant for the past couple of years taking out asbestos

www.flickr.com/photos/liamtomlinson/36239420/ in/set-701456/
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

matthewbradley says:

I worked there for two summers as a paid Co-op/Intern with different groups of engineers.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

invisible consequential says:

Very classy shot. Thanks for sharing it with the Creative Commons. I used it to enhance an article about business and human rights on Policy Innovations magazine.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

matthewbradley says:

Thanks much, glad it could be of use.

If you ever need some assignment work done in Washington, lemme know. ;)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

johnalanhall says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Electri-cute, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

This makes the connection to electricity a couple of ways. Nice sunset colors!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

johnalanhall says:

Thank you for posting your photo to Electri-cute!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

filomeno2006 [deleted] says:

General Electric fue fundada por J.P. Morgan, quien fuera dueño del "yate corsair"
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

MettaMomma says:

Reminds me of home (Schenectady/Niskayuna). Amazing how GE ruled that area.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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