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Kentucky Electrical Lamp Company Founded in 1899, The Kentucky Electrical Lamp Company began operations at 817 Lewis Street (later renamed J. R. Miller Blvd., in the 1980s) in Owensboro, Kentucky.〔Hugh O. Potter's History of Owensboro and Daviess County, Kentucky, pp. 125, published 1974, Herff Jones-Paragon Publishing, Montgomery, Alabama and Louisville, Kentucky,〕 The building was also home to the Kentucky Radio Corporation which later became known as Ken-Rad and from 1921 to 2006 served as home to Smith Machine and Supply, Inc. The building was torn down in 2007 and the property was reclaimed as an Owensboro city park. The company was sold to Roy Burlew in 1918 who also founded the Kentucky Radio Corporation later known as Ken-Rad, Burlew grew the company significantly as the lamp plant continued to grow, Burlew expanded into the manufacturing of vacuum tubes for radios in 1922. Within seven years of purchasing the company it had expanded with plants in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Tell City and Huntingburg, Indiana. In 1943, Burlew sold the lamp division which he acquired in 1918 for $55,000 to the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in exchange of 35,000 shares of that company's stock valued at $1,600,000. In 1945 Burlew sold the remainder of the company- the tube division, to General Electric and became GE's primary tube making facility.〔Hugh O. Potter's History of Owensboro and Daviess County, Kentucky, pp. 126, published 1974, Herff Jones-Paragon Publishing, Montgomery, Alabama and Louisville, Kentucky,〕 The company was a pioneer in the development and manufacturing of incandescent light bulbs. The manufacturing company supplied the light bulbs for the first Major League Baseball game played at night. The game was played on May 24, 1935, between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati's Crosley Field.〔Thackers mark anniversary of landmark baseball game, By Suzi Bartholomy, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. Wednesday, May 26, 2010〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kentucky Electrical Lamp Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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