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Edison National Historic Park visit

surplusjohn

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Apr 11, 2002
Location
Syracuse, NY USA
I visited Edison's "Lab" in West Orange NJ and highly recommend it to all the members here. I was blown away seeing where he worked. THey do a great job preserving the site without sanitizing it. the machine shops look like they could be making chips in the morning. Great seeing so many of the machine tools that I have sold in the past. All first class stuff for their era. Don't miss the pattern shop and forge which are behind another building. the entire original complex of factory buildings was huge. One of the large Kahn buildings has been converted into residential loft apartments. great place
 
You just gave me an inspiration. I live in New Jersey, but never been there.
I'm retired, so I have no excuse now not to visit.
 
I'd love to see the place where he made a lot of pointless experiments and took credit for the ideas and inventions of his employees, lol.
 








 
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