AO
- Southbridge
Facilities
The AO Southbridge Warehouse -

The above photo, taken in the 1970s - courtesy of the Optical Heritage
Museum
In operation from 1950 until 2001as AO's main distribution center

AO News - June 15. 1950 announces the opening of the Warehouse
(Building
18 at that time)



August 1955 photo taken by Don Whitney after
the Flood. The banking in front of the Warehouse showed significant
erosion



1970's Color photos above coutesy of the Optical Heritage Museum



Above B&W photos courtesy of Len Lataille -


AO Customer Service in the Warehouse- early 1990s (Coutesy of
Jeanine McElroy)
Photos of the last day of the AO Warehouse below
(June
19, 2001)
Dick Whitney photos
Dick Whitney photos
AO Family Day photos from 1974

AO 1959 Map of Southhbridge
Complex
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