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Workers assemble personal computers at the RCA plant in Palm Beach Gardens. The company employed 3,400 people during its heyday, but closed its operations in 1972.

The city's first commercial building permit was issued in 1960 for the construction of RCA, a manufacturing and electronics company. On May 25, 1961, the $4 million plant opened. It was located at the western end of Monet Road, later renamed RCA…

In 1967, the US Air Force funded a study into advanced rocket propulsion systems, employing Pratt & Whitney to research more efficient engines for the NASA Space Shuttle. This photograph shows Bill Creslein and Walter Wiley, both of Pratt & Whitney,…