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- Model of Edison Company's Pearl Street Station, New York City -
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Model of Edison Company's Pearl Street Station, New York City
- Model of Knife Switch Used at the Edison Pearl Street Station -
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Model of Knife Switch Used at the Edison Pearl Street Station
- Model of Knife Switch Used at the Edison Pearl Street Station -
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Model of Knife Switch Used at the Edison Pearl Street Station
- "The Edison Electric Illuminating Company's Pearl Street Station, New York," April 1890 -
- April 05, 1890
- Collections - Artifact
"The Edison Electric Illuminating Company's Pearl Street Station, New York," April 1890
- Edison Illuminating Company in Greenfield Village - This power plant is an edited, scaled-down version of the station in Detroit where Henry Ford became Chief Engineer; it is also a setting for one of Edison's most startling electrical devices -- the only surviving "Jumbo" dynamo from Manhattan's Pearl Street Station. During his time working for the Edison Illuminating Company Henry Ford built his first car -- and had his first meeting with Thomas Edison.
- March 21, 2016
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Edison Illuminating Company in Greenfield Village
This power plant is an edited, scaled-down version of the station in Detroit where Henry Ford became Chief Engineer; it is also a setting for one of Edison's most startling electrical devices -- the only surviving "Jumbo" dynamo from Manhattan's Pearl Street Station. During his time working for the Edison Illuminating Company Henry Ford built his first car -- and had his first meeting with Thomas Edison.
- Edison "Jumbo" Dynamo at the Pearl Street Lighting Station, New York, New York, 1882 - Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation was the first to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. It is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Edison "Jumbo" Dynamo at the Pearl Street Lighting Station, New York, New York, 1882
Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation was the first to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. It is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
- "Manhattan" Martini Glass, 1938-1943 -
- 1938-1943
- Collections - Artifact
"Manhattan" Martini Glass, 1938-1943
- Scale Model of Edison Illuminating Company Pearl Street Station, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1934 - Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. The Ford Exhibition Building, which sat on eleven acres at the fair and featured industrial demonstrations and informative displays like this, became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934.
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Scale Model of Edison Illuminating Company Pearl Street Station, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1934
Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. The Ford Exhibition Building, which sat on eleven acres at the fair and featured industrial demonstrations and informative displays like this, became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934.
- Plaque at the Site of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company's 1882 Pearl Street Station, New York City -
- Collections - Artifact
Plaque at the Site of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company's 1882 Pearl Street Station, New York City
- The "Jumbo" Dynamo in Its Original Setting, Edison's Pearl Street Lighting Station, New York, New York, circa 1890 - Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. This was the first engine-generator to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation, it is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
The "Jumbo" Dynamo in Its Original Setting, Edison's Pearl Street Lighting Station, New York, New York, circa 1890
Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. This was the first engine-generator to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation, it is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.