Sections of Underground Cable, Used at Edison's Menlo Park, 1880-1881

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Electric cable

Date Made

1880-1881

Place of Creation

United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park

Location

at Greenfield Village in Menlo Park Laboratory

Object ID

36.694.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Joseph McCoy.

Material

Metal

Dimensions

Height: 2.9 in (Display Case)
Width: 9.8 in (Display Case)
Length: 22.5 in (Display Case)

Inscriptions

on label: Sections of the underground cable employed by Edison during the second demonstration of his electric light system at Menlo Park in 1880-1. These were dug up at site of Edison's Menlo Park Home by Joseph F. McCoy, Edison Pioneer, on September 22, 1933.

Keywords	United States, New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park Electric cables Demonstrations (Presentation events) Electrical generation and distribution Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.) Electrical systems Electricity