Editing Lucent Technologies (section)

=== Domestic manufacturing locations ===
Many of the following manufacturing locations were transferred to other subsidiaries during Lucent's existence, closed, or sold years later. These facilities were established by Western Electric before the 1983 Bell System break-up. AT&T operated and managed these locations from 1984 until 1996. After the AT&T spin-off of Lucent, the telecommunications equipment being manufactured at these locations became products of Lucent Technologies.
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!Name
!Location
!Address
!Established
!Products
!Notes
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|Allentown Works
|[[Allentown, Pennsylvania]]
|555 Union Blvd.
|1948
|microelectronics
||1,036,000 sq. ft. /later Agere Systems.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leslie |first1=Stuart W. |date=2001 |title=Blue collar science: Bringing the transistor to life in the Lehigh Valley |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/hsps.2001.32.1.71 |journal=Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=71–113 |doi=10.1525/hsps.2001.32.1.71 |issn=0890-9997 |jstor=10.1525/hsps.2001.32.1.71 |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Agere Systems, Inc. and LSI Logic Corporation merged and operated under a new name LSI Corporation effective April 2, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Petition for Review of Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board Cleanup and Abatement Order No. R4- 2013 -0099 Dated July 30, 2013 |url=https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/public_notices/petitions/water_quality/docs/petitions/a2272cpetitionpart1.pdf |website=www.waterboards.ca.gov |publisher=State Water Resources Control Board |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>  Closed, several buildings demolished of manufacturing, and sold historical building for charter school. 
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|Atlanta Works
|[[Norcross, Georgia]]
|2000 Northeast Expressway
|1969
|undersea cables, later fiber-optic cables
|<ref name="rey">{{cite book |last1=Rey |first1=R. F. |url=http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/communications/westernElectric/books/Engineering_and_Operations_in_the_Bell_System_2ed_1984.pdf |title=Engineering and Operations in the Bell System |date=1984 |publisher=AT&T Bell Laboratories |isbn=0-932764-04-5 |location=Murray Hill}}</ref> Lucent closed in 2001 the Optical Fiber Solutions (OFS) business and sold it to Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. at $2.525 billion. Additionally, Corning Incorporated paid Lucent $225 million for Lucent Technologies Beijing Fiber Optic Cable Co., Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Shanghai Fiber Optic Co. Ltd. of China in this deal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucent Technologies sells optical fiber business for $2.75 billion |url=https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/article/16659961/lucent-technologies-sells-optical-fiber-business-for-275-billion |website=www.lightwaveonline.com |publisher=Lightwave |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref>
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|Columbus Works
|[[Columbus, Ohio]]
|6200 E. Broad St.
|1959
|switching equipment
|1,661,000 sq. ft./<ref name="rey" /> Closed in 2010/2011 under Alcatel-Lucent,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Feran |first1=Tim |title=Despite smaller work force, Alcatel-Lucent remains a giant in telecommunications at its new central Ohio HQ |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2011/12/15/despite-smaller-work-force-alcatel/24040671007/ |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=The Columbus Dispatch |publisher=The Columbus Dispatch |date=14 December 2011}}</ref> sold, and demolished by new owners. From 1957 Western Electric move-in until Bell Labs 1959 move-in, plant reached 3,100 employees. During Western Electric mid 1970s, plant reached 12,000 employees. Between 1984 and 1996, AT&T owned and managed the facility products. From 1996 until 2000, Lucent Technologies changed production with employees concerned of plant operations. About 5,500 employees were in 2000, then Lucent decided to sell in 2001 to Celestica the plant and employees, who did not take severance packages. In 2002 Lucent re-purchased the plant from Celestica. Shortly in 2003, with 1,470 employees in R&D mostly left, Lucent decided to sell the plant. Merger in 2006 with Alcatel-Lucent. In October 2007, Alcatel-Lucent to cease productions and release 230 positions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=A |title=Telecom plant will close in '08 |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2007/10/20/telecom-plant-will-close-in/24118529007/?fbclid=IwAR17TBSeRWVE-lq5R8GcDFLLXDNcQS6uzHsKV5mZRRnk9qWsFzHieCFn1mg |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=The Columbus Dispatch |publisher=The Columbus Dispatch |date=20 October 2007 |language=En}}</ref> Alcatel-Lucent in 2009, had 700 employees in non-manufacturing activities.<ref>{{cite news |title=Western Electric workers at the E. Broad St. plant, 1962 |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2009/06/13/western-electric-workers-at-e/24152170007/ |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date=13 June 2009 |language=En}}</ref> On October 17, 2012, new owners purchased the 84-acre property for $2.3 million and decided to demolish 943,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The historical administration office building later was used as offices.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ball |first1=Brian R. |title=Lucent complex coming down as new owners plot redevelopment |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/10/19/investors-buy-lucent-campus.html |access-date=29 October 2023 |work=Columbus Business First |publisher=THE BUSINESS JOURNALS |date=19 October 2012 |language=En}}</ref>
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|Dallas Works
|[[Mesquite, Texas]]
|3000 Skyline Drive
|1970
|electronic switches and power equipment/supplies
|<ref name="rey" /> Closed and sold.
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|Denver Works
|[[Westminster, Colorado]]
|12110 Pecos St.
|1972
|Dimension and Horizon business PBX systems
|<ref name="rey" /> Closed and sold.
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|Greensboro Shops
|[[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
|801 Merritt Dr.
|1950
|military equipment
|336,000 sq. ft./<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scism |first1=Jack |title=AT&T TO USE FORMER BATES PLANT |language=en |work=Greensboro News and Record |url=https://greensboro.com/at-t-to-use-former-bates-plant/article_b4f0182e-7773-50bf-9cec-9810f39ce37d.html |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Closed and sold.
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|Indianapolis Works
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|2525 Shadeland Ave.
|1950
|consumer telephone sets
|1,824,000 sq. ft. /<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2015-01-26 |title=Indiana Bell (now AT&T) Switching Center |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/indiana-bell-now-at-t-switching-center-6450 |magazine=Architect Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-06 |title=Western Electric |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/western-electric/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=indyencyclopedia.org |language=en-US}}</ref> Closed and sold.
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|Kansas City Works
|[[Lee's Summit, Missouri]]
|777 N. Blue Pkwy
|1961
|electronics, switching equipment
|1,517,000 sq. ft./<ref name="rey" /> Closed and sold.
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|Merrimack Valley Works
|[[North Andover, Massachusetts]]
|1600 Osgood St.
|1956
|transmission equipment
|1,565,000 sq. ft./<ref name="rey" /> Closed and sold.
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|Oklahoma City Works
|[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
|7725 W Reno Ave
|1961
|payphones, switching equipment
|<ref name="rey" /> Closed and sold.
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|Omaha Works
|[[Omaha, Nebraska]]
|132nd and L Streets
|1958
|crossbar, dial, and PBX equipment, cable, relays
|"Two key buildings that were part of the original complex: Building 20 (the property's iconic office building) and Building 30 (a former manufacturing/warehouse facility)." were purchased upon the closure in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rebirth: Sit of former Western Electric plant has been transformed through the years |url=https://omaha.com/business/rebirth-sit-of-former-western-electric-plant-has-been-transformed-through-the-years/article_d7213bea-fb13-58c5-883b-77b6c8e1b1f6.html}}</ref><ref name="rey" /><ref>AT&T, ''Omaha Works: 30th Anniversary Open House'', June 1988</ref> Closed and sold.
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|Orlando Works
|[[Orlando, Florida]]
|9701 and 9333 John Young Parkway
|early 1980s
|microelectronics
|1,307,000 sq. ft. /later Agere Systems<ref>{{cite web |title=Reading Works – Western Electric/Bell Labs |url=http://rhodyman.net/rdgworks.php |website=rhodyman.net |quote=The last USA based Agere manufacturing plant in Orlando, Florida, which once employed 1,800, was closed on September 30, 2005, after 20 years of semiconductors manufacture and sold in 2007.}}</ref> Closed 2005, demolished, and sold 2007.
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|Phoenix Works
|[[Phoenix, Arizona]]
|505 N. 51 Ave.
|1967
|cable and wire
|850,000 sq. ft./<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-04-09 |title=Western Electric Cable Plant |pages=136 |work=Arizona Republic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81863183/western-electric-cable-plant/ |access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref><ref name="rey" /> Closed and sold.
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|[[Reading Works]]
|[[Reading, Pennsylvania]]
|2525 North 12th St
|1962
|microelectronics
|1,214,000 sq. ft./later Agere Systems<ref>{{cite web |title=Reading Works |url=http://rhodyman.net/rdgworks.html#anchorAL |website=rhodyman.net}}</ref> Closed and sold.
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|Richmond Works
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
|4500 Laburnum Ave
|1973
|printed circuit technology
|400,000 sq. ft./ In 1979, Fortune Magazine designated as one of the 10 best-managed American factories.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hobart A. Weaver |url=https://eng.vt.edu/about/distinguished-alumni/academy-of-engineering-excellence/hobart-a-weaver.html |access-date=December 9, 2022 |website=Virginia Tech}}</ref> Sold in 1996 to Viasystems Group, Inc. and closed the circuit board plant.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Catucci |first1=Pete |title=Viasystems Closes Richmond, Va., Circuit Board Plant: 'A Betrayal of Workers and the Richmond Commun |url=https://cwa-union.org/news/entry/viasystems_closes_richmond_va._circuit_board_plant_a_betrayal_of_workers_an |website=cwa-union.org |publisher=Communications Workers of America |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=En}}</ref> During Viasystems, the manufacturing<ref name="x105">{{cite web |last1=Armstead |first1=John A. |title=FOURTH EXPLANATION OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES FORMER LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES RICHMOND WORKS FACILITY RICHMOND, VIRGINIA |url=https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-01/documents/lucent_esd_with_figure.pdf |website=www.epa.gov |publisher=Environmental Protection Agency |access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref> operations ceased in June 2001 and the facility was idle up-to the sale on August 23, 2006. The new ownership, Laburnum Investments, LLC, planned the White Oak Village Shopping Center. Although, the site was sold, Lucent and Alcatel-Lucent were involved in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) remediation of chemicals underground from Western Electric/AT&T operations. Afterwards, when the EPA ordered remediation clean-up in 1996 under Lucent, several companies were later created and responsibility for the cleanup was the following: Agere in 2001, LSI in 2007, Avago in 2014, and Broadcom in 2016.<ref name="x105"/>
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|Shreveport Works
|[[Shreveport, Louisiana]]
|9595 Mansfield Rd
|1967
|business and consumer telephone sets, payphones
|1,206,000 sq. ft./Closed and sold.
|-
|Winston-Salem Works
|[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
|3300 Lexington Rd. S.E.
|1954
|broadband carrier equipment, inbound signaling, telephone and telegraph repeaters, capacitors, thin film resistors, sealed contacts, magnetic apparatus, mainly military and wave guide equipment
|1,084,000/<ref>{{cite web |title=Chatham Manufacturing Company/Western Electric Company Complex |url=https://www.cityofws.org/DocumentCenter/View/3915/129---Chatham-Manufacturing-Company---Western-Electric-Company-PDF |access-date=2 March 2021 |website=Local Historic Landmark Program |publisher=Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission}}</ref> Closed and sold.
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