Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum
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37 Christie Street
Edison, NJ 08820
(732) 549-3299
www.menloparkmuseum.org/
Memorial and museum for Thomas Edison located on the exact spot of the original Menlo Park Laboratory. Located along Christie Street, the first street to be lined and illuminated by the incandescent light bulb. The Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum, also known as the Menlo Park Museum, is a memorial to inventor and businessman Thomas Edison, located in the Menlo Park area of Edison, New Jersey.
It was built in 1938 to a design by Massena & DuPont and dedicated on February 11, 1938, on the inventor's 91st birthday. The 131-foot tall tower is at the exact spot where the Menlo Park laboratory was located. After Edison and his staff left in 1884, the original buildings deteriorated until by 1925 all the buildings had either collapsed or burned. Edison's laboratory and house were moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. The tower's pinnacle is meant to represent an incandescent light bulb.
Originally, the tower was not only a tribute to the incandescent light, but also recorded sound. It had speakers loud enough to be heard two miles away, but was discontinued to avoid noise pollution, according to a 2004 Weird NJ magazine.
It was at this location on December 31, 1879 that the first public demonstration of Edison's light bulb took place. Edison's team had tried over 1000 different materials for an incandescent filament before finding a successful one.
www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_edison_1.ht...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVL8ptff7yI
37 Christie Street
Edison, NJ 08820
(732) 549-3299
www.menloparkmuseum.org/
Edison, NJ 08820
(732) 549-3299
www.menloparkmuseum.org/
Memorial and museum for Thomas Edison located on the exact spot of the original Menlo Park Laboratory. Located along Christie Street, the first street to be lined and illuminated by the incandescent light bulb. The Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum, also known as the Menlo Park Museum, is a memorial to inventor and businessman Thomas Edison, located in the Menlo Park area of Edison, New Jersey.
It was built in 1938 to a design by Massena & DuPont and dedicated on February 11, 1938, on the inventor's 91st birthday. The 131-foot tall tower is at the exact spot where the Menlo Park laboratory was located. After Edison and his staff left in 1884, the original buildings deteriorated until by 1925 all the buildings had either collapsed or burned. Edison's laboratory and house were moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. The tower's pinnacle is meant to represent an incandescent light bulb.
Originally, the tower was not only a tribute to the incandescent light, but also recorded sound. It had speakers loud enough to be heard two miles away, but was discontinued to avoid noise pollution, according to a 2004 Weird NJ magazine.
It was at this location on December 31, 1879 that the first public demonstration of Edison's light bulb took place. Edison's team had tried over 1000 different materials for an incandescent filament before finding a successful one.
www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_edison_1.ht...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVL8ptff7yI
37 Christie Street
Edison, NJ 08820
(732) 549-3299
www.menloparkmuseum.org/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison_Memorial_Tower_and_Museum
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Coordinates: 40°33'47"N 74°20'20"W
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