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In 1889, Thomson-Houston bought out the Brush Company (founded by Charles Brush) which resolved the arc lamp and dynamo patent disputes between them. In 1892, Thomson-Houston was merged with the Edison General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York (arranged by John Pierpoint Morgan), to form the General Electric Company. The Lynn plant ...
The company was tested quickly during the Panic of 1893, in which Coffin negotiated with New York banks to advance money in exchange for GE-owned utility stocks. [ 1 ] He established a duopoly of important electric patents with Westinghouse Electric in the late 1890s, and in 1901 established a research laboratory for the company. [ 6 ]
On 15 April 1892, the Thomson-Houston Electric Company merged with its rival, the Edison General Electric Company, to form General Electric (GE). That same year, the company formed an overseas subsidiary, named Thomson Houston International, based in France. During 1893, Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston (CFTH) was established as a partner ...
24–27 Four additional cars 1912 from British Thomson-Houston 28–31 Four additional cars 1913 from Brush Traction 32–35 Four trailer cars 1914 from Brush Traction
Houston was born July 9, 1847, to John Mason and Mary (Lamour) Houston in Alexandria, Virginia.He graduated from Central High School of Philadelphia (a degree-granting institution rather than an ordinary high school) in 1864. [1]
British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Originally founded to sell products from the Thomson-Houston Electric Company , it soon became a manufacturer using licences from the American company.
The town was originally part of the Town of Providence, but the area quickly grew. In 1801, the settlers decided that the town was big enough for a name of its own, and was named Northfield at an informal meeting held on March 13, 1801. In 1808, it was renamed Edinburgh because another Northfield was discovered in New York.
A series of meetings about the establishment of the company took place in Chappell Hill and Houston. In 1852, the Galveston and Red River Railway (G&RR) company became active. [1] Construction started on January 1, 1853, when Bremond and House broke ground in Houston. Track-laying of the 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) [3] gauge railroad began in early 1856.