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===Magnavox=== From 1947 to 2005, [[Magnavox]]—an electronics manufacturer best known for its [[television]] sets—operated its main three facilities in Greeneville.<ref name="magnavoxtime">{{cite web |title=Timeline |url=http://magnavoxstory.wpengine.com/timeline/ |website=The History of Magnavox |access-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name="voxtimelinesun">{{cite news |title=Magnavox Timeline |url=https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/magnavox-timeline/article_715c6a79-7884-5a6d-b92e-6ca94bfec89f.html |access-date=October 14, 2020 |work=[[The Greeneville Sun]] |date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> Magnavox was at one time the largest employer of Greeneville, employing more than 5,000 workers.<ref name="judd">{{cite news |last1=Judd |first1=Cameron |title=Magnavox: The Plants Are Gone, But The History Lives On |url=https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/magnavox-the-plants-are-gone-but-the-history-lives-on/article_2c449db9-a086-5363-95f7-48353972bb3d.html |access-date=October 14, 2020 |work=[[The Greeneville Sun]] |date=October 1, 2016}}</ref> Eight years after the first plant opened, Magnavox workers voted to form a union through the [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers|IBEW]].<ref name="voxtimelinesun"/> In 1974, the facilities and the Magnavox company were acquired by the electronics giant [[Philips]]. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, the Greeneville facility saw a fluctuation and drops in employment.<ref name="voxtimelinesun"/> In 1997, Phillips sold its facilities to [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]-based company Five Rivers Electronic Innovations. In 2005, Five Rivers closed the former Magnavox plant after declaring bankruptcy.<ref name="voxtimelinesun"/> Before its shuttering, the Five Rivers facility was the site of the last television manufactured in the United States, which is now on display in the Greeneville-Greene County History Museum.<ref name="magnavoxtime"/>
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