Watervliet Arsenal, the country’s oldest working arsenal, still makes big guns
Founded in 1813, the Watervliet Arsenal builds large-caliber cannon tubes for the Army and leases space to private companies.
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GE in Schenectady: the plant that built a company town
Thomas Edison moved his machine works to Schenectady in 1886. The plant became the base of General Electric and shaped the city for a century.