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Title
First step toward fully automatic control
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated November 20, 1958, reads "First step toward fully automatic control - An RW-300 Digital Control Computer, similar to the one shown here, has been purchased by Riverside Cement Company. Riverside officials said the RW-300 computer system is the first step toward fully automatic control of the company's Oro Grade (Calif.) plant. The system, purchased from The Thompson Ramo-Wooldrige Products Company, will guide the operation of a completely mechanized rock blending facility."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00124874
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d029_f25_i11
CARL0005424721
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56522
Subject
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, inc
Men--California--Riverside
Digital control systems
Business enterprises--California--Riverside
Riverside (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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