08/07/2025
The General Electric era at the Mill began in the summer of 1951.
New York Times June 29, 1951
LUDLOW, Vt.,-The General Electric Company expects to begin manufacturing operations here by mid-July as part of its expansion program for jet engine production, a company spokesman said today. The announcement was made in connection with the signing of a five-year lease today with Ludlow Industries, Inc., for a three- story factory building containing approximately 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The new plant will be devoted to the manufacture of drop forge dies. The dies will be used primarily for the J-47 jet engine program, although others for motor and street-lighting manufacture at the company's Lynn, Mass., works also will be turned out here. L. T. Callahan, manager of the Lynn and Everett, Mass., operations for the G-E Aircraft Gas Turbine divisions, announced that H. V. Taylor of Lynn would be plant supervisor at Ludlow. Mr. Callahan said the plant is expected to be in capacity operation within three months, employing between 200 and 250 persons.
