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On August 22, 1943, two special railway cars
arrived in San Jose, Calif., carrying IBMers who
were to operate the company's first West Coast
manufacturing facility: a card plant (located
in the former Temple Laundry) at Sixteenth and
St. John Streets. In that pioneering contingent
from IBM's Endicott and Washington plants were
92 IBMers and family members, plus 13 single women
who had replaced men in war service. An additional
nine locally-hired employees were on the roster
when the plant was dedicated by Thomas J. Watson,
Sr., on September 10, 1943. In July 1960, punched
card manufacturing was moved from San Jose to
a new facility in Campbell, Calif.
From that small card plant starting with 52 employees,
IBM grew in the San Jose area to include a research
and manufacturing center at Monterey and Cottle
Roads, a card plant in Campbell, a large branch
office, the Almaden Research Center and more than
3,000 employees. |
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