Editing Nortel (section)

=== Northern Electric Company ===
[[File:NE1951Logo NationalService.png|thumb|155px|left| 1950 Logo]]

The construction of a new manufacturing plant started in 1913 at Shearer Street in Montreal, Quebec, as preparations began for the two manufacturing companies' integration. Then, in January 1914, the Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company and the Imperial Wire and Cable Company merged into the Northern Electric Company, commonly known simply as Northern Electric. The new company opened the doors on a new manufacturing plant in January 1915. This facility, located on Shearer Street, was the primary manufacturing centre until the mid-1950s.<ref name="NortelHistory1900-1919"/> [[Edward Fleetford Sise]] was the president and his brother [[Paul Fleetford Sise]] was the vice-president and general manager.{{sfn|Rens|Roth|2001|pp=129–132}}
[[Image:Northern Electric Audio Amplifier.jpg|thumb|right|An audio amplifier manufactured by Northern Electric]]

During the [[First World War]], Northern Electric manufactured the [[Portable Commutator]], a one-wire telegraphic switchboard for military operations in the field.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nortel |title=Nortel |author=Douglas Hunter |date=January 5, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2021 |publisher=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214224240/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nortel |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/17532-goliath-s-fall |title=Goliath's Fall |date=May 15, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2021 |author=Savid Vye |publisher=Microwave Journal |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801175920/https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/17532-goliath-s-fall |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1922, Northern started to produce, for $5, the "Peanut" vacuum tube, which required only a single dry-cell battery. The use of alternating current was still under development during this time. The Northern Electric Peanut tube was the smallest tube made and drew only one-tenth of an ampere.<ref>

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</ref> During the 1920s Northern Electric made [[kettle]]s, [[toaster]]s, [[cigar]] lighters, electric [[stove]]s, and [[washing machine]]s.<ref name="NortelHistory1920-1929"/> In January 1923, Northern Electric started to operate an AM radio station with call letters [[CHYC-AM|CHYC]], in the Shearer Street plant, and much of the programming was religious services for the Northern Electric employees and families in the community. In July 1923, CHYC-AM was the first radio station to provide entertainment to the riders of the [[Transcontinental railroad|transcontinental train]], in a parlor car fitted with a radio set to receive the broadcast as it left Montreal and traveled west.{{sfn|Rens|Roth|2001|p=197}} Later in the 1920s, Northern created the first [[Sound film|talking movie sound system]] in the [[British Empire]] for a theater in Montreal.<ref name="NortelHistory1920-1929">
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 |author      = Nortel Networks
 |title       = Corporate information: Nortel History&nbsp;– 1920 to 1929
 |publisher   = Nortel Networks
 |year        = 2009
 |url         = http://www.nortel.com/corporate/corptime/1920.html
 |access-date  = April 3, 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081121010752/http://www.nortel.com/corporate/corptime/1920.html
 |archive-date = November 21, 2008
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During the [[Great Depression]] in the 1930s, Northern Electric was affected, like most other companies. From the beginning of 1930 through the end of 1933, sales dropped from $34 million to $8.2 million, with employees dropping from 6,100 to 2,400.<ref>

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