Ramón
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"Sharing my experiences - before, during and after - my time in Valparaíso, Chile, as part of an IBM Executive Serivce Corps (ESC)." Stay tuned! ;-)
Valparaíso, Chile, April 25 – May 17, 2013
Did you know that the 1900 formed “International Time Recording Company” (ITR) was one of of the three chief components of C-T-R (Computing- Tabulating- Recording Company) – IBM’s predecessor – in 1911? And that Charles R. Flint arranged the merger of the
International Time Recording Company, Computing Scale Company, and the Tabulating Machine Company to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R). The new company was based in New York City and had 1,300 employees.
George Fairchild beccame the first chairman of the board of directors. C-T-R was then renamed International Business Machines. You did not know? So you learned something today. 😉
You may rightly ask, why do I tell you that???
So here is the answer: We met the COO of the Gran Valparaíso Metro this week.
After the meeting as such (which was another good one) we walked down the foyer to the exit of their wonderful building (a former electric power station, nicely refurbished), looking left and right to some antiques, which they conserve in their. And what did I see?
This beauty!
A clock from the International Time Recording Company, so if you like, one of our very first products.
I am not 100% (but almost) sure, it seems to be a motor wound no. 16, which ITR built and sold around late 30’s / early 40’s. It is in a beautiful shape and a real eye catcher for every visitor of the Metro’s headquarter.
So from that moment on (latest) the Metro COO understood how close his and IBMs business are related to each other 😉
#smartercities challenge
Great linkage, Ramon,something learned again about the early roots of our company. Thanks for sharing!
An impressive picture from Metro Valparaíso.
How is Mr. Hollerith related to this story?
Good catch. Herman Hollerith was the founder of the Tabulating Machine Company. Tabulating Machine Company, together with Computing Scale Corporation and International Time Recording Company, became Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR) in 1911. (later IBM)
Interested in IBM History? More to read: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/
what a coincidence 😉
What a fun find!
What a lovely suprise. So Valparaiso has not only trolebus and metro, they have also a timemaschine. The only assignment now is to switch it into the future … Great story. We wish you and your team a very good finish. Grettings from No 19
… means greetings from No 19
Thanks 😉
You’ve asked these days, “What time is it” … and me spontaneously since the song by Andrea Bocelli occurred … Time to say goodbye … The red wine is ready and the cappuccino is now open again on Saturdays at you. Enjoy the last few hours together and get along well with your colleagues back home especially. I wish you a good trip.
Thanks Edmund! Hope it is a very good red wine 😉 most probably from Chile? 😉 Will enjoy!