Lexington IBM plant’s beginnings, 1956
Grading had begun in August 1956 for International Business Machine Corp.’s new factory at New Circle Road (horizontally across the picture) and Newtown Pike. The 386,000-square-foot typewriter plant...
View ArticleOne of IBM’s first typewriters, 1956
One of the first typewriters produced at the IBM plant on Newtown Pike in Lexington underwent a final inspection in December 1956. For more than 30 years, IBM was Lexmark’s industrial forerunner until...
View ArticleLexmark plant, 1993
The Lexmark plant at New Circle Road and Newtown Pike, Aug. 26, 1993. Newtown is on the right and New Circle is at the bottom. Photo by Ron Garrison | Herald-Leader Staff
View ArticleIBM produces first typewriter, 1956
The pilot assembly line at the new IBM plant on Dec. 26, 1956, produced the firm’s first electric typewriter to be manufactured in Lexington. W.F. Blackerby, president of Realty Mortgage Co., received...
View ArticleLexington IBM plant’s beginnings, 1956
Grading had begun in August 1956 for International Business Machine Corp.’s new factory at New Circle Road (horizontally across the picture) and Newtown Pike. The 386,000-square-foot typewriter plant...
View ArticleOne of IBM’s first typewriters, 1956
One of the first typewriters produced at the IBM plant on Newtown Pike in Lexington underwent a final inspection in December 1956. For more than 30 years, IBM was Lexmark’s industrial forerunner until...
View ArticleLexmark plant, 1993
The Lexmark plant at New Circle Road and Newtown Pike, Aug. 26, 1993. Newtown is on the right and New Circle is at the bottom. Photo by Ron Garrison | Herald-Leader Staff
View ArticleIBM produces first typewriter, 1956
The pilot assembly line at the new IBM plant on Dec. 26, 1956, produced the firm’s first electric typewriter to be manufactured in Lexington. W.F. Blackerby, president of Realty Mortgage Co., received...
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