Anitec (former GAF - Ansco
- Agfa Ansco) facility
in Binghamton, New York
Images provided by Bob Chaffee.
Anitec Image, a Division of
International Paper Company ("Anitec"), operated an
imaging products manufacturing facility on the Binghamton site.
The facility made photographic films, papers, and chemicals.
The plant operated from the early 1900's through 1998 under a
series of owners, beginning in 1902 with Ansco. General Aniline
Film (GAF) operated the facility from 1942 to 1981.
Anitec operated the plant from
1981 to 1987. International Paper purchased the facility in 1987
and operated it until 1998. Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC acquired
the Anitec operations from International Paper during February
1998 and subsequently closed operations at the Binghamton facility.
International Paper, who had retained ownership of the property,
transferred title of the property to Sound Properties, LLC during
December 1999. During February 2000, Brandenburg Industrial Services
Co. of Chicago, Illinois began the process of demolishing all
above and below ground structures.
Bob tells me the pictures below
were ".......taken in 1999, shortly before it was ripped
down".
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The building
shown in the picture below was the main administration building
(Building 26). Every building had a number. The official
address was 40 Charles Street, Binghamton.
This building had a great art deco entrance which lead from street
level up to the top floor where the bosses offices were located.
The building had 4 floors.
For a number of years Bob Chaffee worked on the 2nd floor where
X-Ray Technical Services were located.
The grey structure, at ground level on the right hand side of
the image, housed a very powerful industrial X-ray generator. |
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Below the
water tank bearing the name 'Anitec', was the tallest building
on the site, which housed the emulsion making department.
Typical with
most photographic manufacturing facilities most buildings had
very few windows.
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