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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG7I_second-commercial-electric-railroad-locomotive_West-Orange-NJ.html
The truck of the second commercial electric railroad locomotive, built by Tho's. A. Edison and operated with freight and passenger cars over three miles of railroad at Menlo Park, N.J. in 1882.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG34_thomas-edisons-west-orange-laboratory_West-Orange-NJ.html
The Invention Factory
In the fall of 1887, Thomas Edison moved into his new laboratory complex in the town of West Orange, N.J. For the next 44 years Edison directed teams of research assistants in his "Invention Factory" and created a model fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG31_black-maria-replica_West-Orange-NJ.html
This building is a replica of theoriginal "Black Maria", the world'sfirst motion picture studio.————————-Dedicated to the memory ofThomas Alva Edisonthe founder of themotion picture industry.Septembe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2Y_metallurgical-laboratory_West-Orange-NJ.html
Metals were vital to Thomas Edison - from iron, copper, and various alloys used in new inventions to gold for plating phonograph record molds. Here in the metallurgical laboratory, workers collected, assayed, and evaluated the metals used for Edis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2W_pattern-shop_West-Orange-NJ.html
Within this building carpenters shaped wood models, or patterns. From these wooden pieces, Edison and his employees made the parts for working models, specialized machinery, and other devices. The skilled workers in the Pattern Shop and other shop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG2V_chemistry-laboratory_West-Orange-NJ.html
In 1887 this building was one of the best-equipped chemistry laboratories in the world. Within its walls, Thomas Edison and his chemists experimented on everything from phonograph records to rubber. "Grand science, chemistry," Edison once said, "I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG1C_the-courtyard_West-Orange-NJ.html
This open space between the laboratory buildings served many purposes: delivery area, test site, motion picture set, photograph backdrop, greeting area, and parking lot. Activities here changed almost daily.
The laboratory buildings surrounding…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG1A_making-movies_West-Orange-NJ.html
In 1893 the Black Maria became the world's first building constructed as a motion picture studio. This odd-shaped structure was designed to keep sunlight on the stage while Edison's film pioneers made kinetoscope films.
Although most filming to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG14_thomas-a-edison-industries_West-Orange-NJ.html
Thomas Edison was not just an inventor - he was a businessman running an industrial empire. Around the laboratory, Edison built large factories where thousands of employees mass-produced his inventions for the public. Edison understood the importa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG0U_the-main-gate_West-Orange-NJ.html
From 1887 to 1931 Thomas A. Edison, his laboratory employees, and invited guests entered the laboratory complex through this gate and arch. Guards and a tall picket fence (replaced by this chain-link fence in 1917) prevented sightseers and competi…