1 Jun
2019
1 Jun
'19
9:40 p.m.
On 2019-05-31 3:45 p.m., James Knott via talk wrote:
RCA used to have a picture tube plant in Midland. It's probably gone now. ;-)
Yup, the little white dot plinked away some time ago. Midland had some surprising high tech for a while. Leitz had their lens and camera factory there. I'd heard it was originally to secure a supply of optical balsam for lens manufacture, but this may not be the case. Some of Leica's signature lens designs originated in Midland. It's now owned by Raytheon.