Factory
| Location: | Kansas City |
| Open: | after appointment [2005] |
| Fee: | free [2005] |
| Classification: |
Factory
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| Light: | electric |
| Dimension: | Ar=20,000m² |
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| Address: | Brunson Instrument Company, 8000 E. 23rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64129, Tel: +1-816-483-3187, Fax: +1-816-241-1945. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:31:46 $ |
| 1927 | company founded by A.N. Brunson. | |
| 1960 | moved into underground factory. |
The Brunson Instrument Company produces supreme quality optical instrumens for surveying and navigational instruments. Founded by A.N. Brunson as an one-man repair shop in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, it developed over decades. When he needed an absolutely rock-stable environment to facilitate the production of fine instruments, he had the revolutionary of an underground factory. The benefits are obvious: simple temperature and humidity control, high security, absolutely no building sway or traffic vibrations.
The factory was built into a limestone cliff, and is covered by 26m of 300 Million years old limestone. The whole facory has a size of almost 20,000m², all underground. Only the entrance is visible from outside, and it is fascinating as it is several steps higher than the surrounding parking lot.
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