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> chosen by the higher ranking executives to be conveniently close to their large homes in some leafy suburbs out in that particular part of NJ Edison, NJ is n
by TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
> chosen by the higher ranking executives to be conveniently close to their large homes in some leafy suburbs out in that particular part of NJ
Edison, NJ is not far away and was definitely a hotbed of tech in the late 1800s and early 1900s (Thomas Edison).
- evanelias 4y agoMinor correction: although Edison had his first lab in Menlo Park (today's Edison NJ) for ten years, he later moved to a larger campus in West Orange NJ in order to be closer to NYC, and spent four decades there. They're about 25 miles apart, in different counties. But yes, lots of tech history throughout NJ!
- graderjs 4y agoSorry, probably a stupid question but isn't Menlo Park in Cali...where FB is??
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoThere’s more than one Menlo Park in the US. We’re talking about the one in New Jersey: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,_New_Jersey https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park,_New_Jersey In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in Menlo Park, which at the time was the site of an unsuccessful real estate development named after the town of Menlo Park, California.[4] While there, he earned the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park".[5] The Menlo Park lab was significant in that it was one of the first laboratories to pursue practical, commercial applications of research.[6] It was in his Menlo Park laboratory that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and developed a commercially viable incandescent light bulb filament. Christie Street in Menlo Park was one of the first streets in the world to use electric lights for illumination.