Hawthorne Works
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- Cicero, Illinois
About Hawthorne Works
The Hawthorne Works was a large factory complex of the Western Electric Company in Cicero, Illinois. In addition to industrial plants, several on-site community amenities were provided to workers. Named for the original name of what became Cicero, Hawthorne, it opened in 1905 and operated until 1983. At its peak of operations, Hawthorne employed 45,000 workers, producing large quantities of telephone equipment, but also a wide variety of consumer products.
The facility is well-known for the studies in industrial relations held there in the 1920s, and the Hawthorne effect for a worker management behavior is named for the works.
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 2.8 miles of Hawthorne Works; the closest, Yollocalli Youth Museum, is about 1.3 miles away.
