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The Edison Memorial Tower

The Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum is a memorial located in Edison, New Jersey to inventor and businessman Thomas Edison. Download high resolution version (480x640, 119 KB)The Edison Memorial Tower, Located in Edison, NJ. This photograph was taken on July 3rd, 2003 by an Edison Township resident. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 119 KB)The Edison Memorial Tower, Located in Edison, NJ. This photograph was taken on July 3rd, 2003 by an Edison Township resident. ... The Edison Memorial Tower, one of Edison Townships notable landmarks. ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th Century. ...

It was built in 1937 and dedicated on February 11, 1938, which was the inventor's 91st birthday. The tower is at the exact spot where the laboratory was located. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The museum showcases many of Thomas Edison's creations including the phonograph and some of his light bulbs, as well as ot and his discoveries. Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ... An incandescent light bulb and its glowing filament. ...

The tower was also mentioned in the 2004 Weird NJ book. It says that originally, the tower was not only a tribute to the light bulb, but also recorded sound. It had speakers loud enough to be heard two miles away, but it was discontinued to avoid noise pollution. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Weird NJ is a semiannual magazine that chronicles local legends, ghost stories, folklore and anything considered weird in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... Noise pollution is unwanted human-created sound that disrupts the environment. ...

The Edison Museum is the subject of a song ("The Edison Museum") on the They Might Be Giants 1999 album Long Tall Weekend (and was later re-released on their 2002 album No!.) It is also debatable that it appeared in a 1998 episode of The Simpsons, The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace. If it did, the show's writers were unaware that the original laboratory was razed after the inventor's death. They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) are an American pop/rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as the two Johns or John and John. Known for their experimental / pop music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation as intellectual... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Long Tall Weekend was an Internet-only album by They Might Be Giants and was released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... No! was a 2002 (see 2002 in music) album by the band They Might Be Giants, the first album of theirs to be oriented towards children. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series and overall sit-com, with 17 seasons and 366 episodes since it debuted on December 17, 1989 on FOX. The TV series, created by Matt Groening, is a spinoff of a series of animated shorts originally aired on The Tracey Ullman... The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace is the second episode of the tenth season of The Simpsons. ...

Nearby the tower are some modern walking trails, upon which visitors are free to enjoy the nature that Thomas Edison enjoyed.

External links

• Menlo Park
• Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum