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General Precision Equipment
The General Precision Equipment Corporation was a major manufacturing company involved in the defense and space industries as well educational products and control devices for consumer goods. General Precision, Inc., was the principal operating subsidiary of General Precision Equipment Corp. headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. Librascope, founded in 1937 by Lewis W. Imm to build and operate theater equipment, was acquired by General Precision in 1941. During World War II it worked on improving aircraft load balancing. In the mid-1950s it went on to become an early digital computer manufacturer. In 1954 GPE purchased Griscom-Russell. In 1955 GPE Corporation purchased the Kearfott Company. In 1968 GPE Corporation was purchased by the Singer Company. In 1987 Kearfott was split, the Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation was sold to the Astronautics Corporation of America Astronautics Corporation of America (ACA) was established in 1959 and is a US supplier, designer, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line. To the north of Tarrytown is the village of Sleepy Hollow (formerly "North Tarrytown"), to the south the village of Irvington and to the east unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. The Tappan Zee Bridge crosses the Hudson at Tarrytown, carrying the New York State Thruway (Interstates 87 and 287) to South Nyack, Rockland County and points in Upstate New York. The population was 11,860 at the 2020 census. History The Native American Weckquaesgeek tribe, who were closely related to the Wappinger Confederacy and further related to the Mohicans, lived in the area prior to European settlement. They fished the Hudson River for shad, oysters and other shellfish. Their principal settlement was at what is now the foot of Chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
