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Lloyd and Bruce Coffin began making radio vacuum tubes in a garage on Oakland Street. Hytron Radio and Electronics Co. (1921) would become one of the | Lloyd and Bruce Coffin began making radio vacuum tubes in a garage on Oakland Street. Their company, Hytron Radio and Electronics Co. (1921) would become one of the | ||
largest producers of tubes in the nation. The firm shifted focus to television tubes after World War II and became part of the CBS empire in 1951. | largest producers of tubes in the nation. The firm shifted focus to television tubes after World War II and became part of the CBS empire in 1951. | ||
Revision as of 09:45, 7 January 2011
Lloyd and Bruce Coffin began making radio vacuum tubes in a garage on Oakland Street. Their company, Hytron Radio and Electronics Co. (1921) would become one of the largest producers of tubes in the nation. The firm shifted focus to television tubes after World War II and became part of the CBS empire in 1951.
See Also
"Scene of upcoming Christmas House Tour has remarkable history (North Salem)" Salem News, Nov. 29, 2010, p. 7
