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Initially the General Electric plant specialized in arc lights, electric motors, and meters.

Later it specialized in aircraft electrical systems and components, and aircraft engines were built in Lynn during WWII.

That engine plant evolved into the current jet engine plant during WWII because of research contacts at MIT in Cambridge.

Gerhard Neumann was a key player in jet engine group at GE in Lynn.

The continuous interaction of material science research at MIT and the resulting improvements in jet engine efficiency and power have kept the jet engine plant in Lynn ever since.