Title
Kingston: The IBM Years,Used
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Three prominent college professors, an awardwinning novelist, a longtime Ulster County journalist, and two former IBM Kingston employees examine the history of the IBM complex and the work that was conducted there, the impact the facility had on Kingston and its surroundings, what life was like as an IBMer, how it influenced regional architecture and thrust a colonial city into the modern age, and the effect of a boom and bust cycle on a rural, traditional community. Includes 140 color and B&W illustrations. Rising quickly in 1954 1955 on a 200acre former dairy farm, the new IBM location near Kingston, New York, was a major event for the city and the entire MidHudson Valley, at that time a quiet area supported by apparel companies, a dying brickmaking industry, agriculture, and small, familyrun businesses. The IBM complex would eventually grow into a 2.5millionsquarefoot facility that employed 7,100 people. In 1995, when IBM Kingston closed and the buildings sold, Kingston had changed forever. Over the 43 years that the Kingston plant and engineering laboratory were operational, significant discoveries were made and projects developed by its employees that affected the world at large: the SAGE air defense system that could identify any hostile air attacks; the SABRE airline reservation system; the FAA nationwide aircraft control system; and the first interactive displays and software systems that over time would allow individuals to use computers the way we do today. At the dawn of the computer age, the Hudson River Valley was Tech Valley, and Kingston was centerstage.
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