RAMAC Park - San Jose, CA - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com

Formerly at this location was a large IBM plant where computer disk storage technologies were pioneered. In 1956 IBM announced the first moving read/write head hard drive, known as RAMAC. RAMAC stands for "Random Access Method of Accounting and Control". Eventually IBM sold this part of their business to Hitachi. The old plant was phased out and plans made for a mixed land use with a transit village, park and retail outlets. In 2002, the City of San Jose designated this site as a historical landmark.

RAMAC Park is a newly developed park where the old IBM storage plant used to be in south San Jose, California. The streets in this area are named after cities where IBM has other plant locations, such as White Plains, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Endicott and Rochester (NY), and Charlotte and Raleigh (NC). The park has a baseball field, soccer field, playground, basketball half-court, and a tennis court.

Name: RAMAC Park Street Location: Charlotte Drive & Lexington Avenue Local Municipality: San Jose State/Province, etc.: California Country: USA Web Site: [Web Link] Memorial/Commemoration: Former site of IBM disk drive technology Picnic Facilities: Picnic tables Recreational Facilities: baseball fields soccer field basketball court tennis court children's playground open meadows Fountains: none Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: None Traditional Geocaches: GC1TTR9 - Watson Trophy Softball GC1T4NQ - Odd Nuts #3 Ramac Date Established: Not listed Monuments/Statues: Not listed Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Not listed Special Events: Not listed

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