Edison's Tower & Museum
Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", April 2007, page 52

Dave Kantor, Suzy's owner (pages 50-51), reports that the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial now has the beginnings of an insulator display.

The Memorial is located near Dave's home; and he stopped in one day to check it out. When he saw that the museum didn't have any insulators on display, Dave donated some common examples to spark the museum's interest.

The most dramatic thing about the museum is its 131 foot tall tower. A picture of the tower, taken from a website (thus the small size), is shown below. The website reports the following information: "The Edison Memorial Tower has national significance. It marks the site where Edison's Menlo Park Industrial compound was located from 1876 to 1884, and where the first practical incandescent lamp was created along with other inventions. This is the birthplace of recorded sound and launch pad for the world's first "organized research" laboratory. The Edison Tower (1937) is considered New Jersey's best representative of a public monument in the Art Deco Style and the last work of architectural concrete pioneer John J. Early."

For more information, visit: http://www.edisonnj.org