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Thomas Edison

By Esteban417
  • 1870 Edison moves to Newark, New Jersey,

    1870 Edison moves to Newark, New Jersey,

    With the money from a contract with the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, he opens a telegraph manufacturing shop where he also conducts his inventive work.
  • 1876 - Thomas Edison opens laboratories in Menlo Park

    1876 - Thomas Edison opens laboratories in Menlo Park

  • 1879 - Edison invents a practical incandescent lamp

    1879 - Edison invents a practical incandescent lamp

  • 1879 New Years Eve Edison's demonstration of his system is held for the public at Menlo Park.

    1879 New Years Eve Edison's demonstration of his system is held for the public at Menlo Park.

    Edison invents the carbon-filament lamp and a direct-current generator for incandescent electric lighting.
  • 1880 Edison sets up a factory for the manufacture of electric lamps at Menlo Park.

    1880 Edison sets up a factory for the manufacture of electric lamps at Menlo Park.

  • 1881 Edison leaves Menlo Park and opens new offices in New York City

    He establishes factories to make various parts of the electric light and power system and begins construction of the first permanent central power station
  • 1883 - Roselle is the first US town to be lighted by electricity

    1883 - Roselle is the first US town to be lighted by electricity

  • 1887 - Thomas Edison moves his laboratories to West Orange