Edison National Historic Site

Edison National Historic Site An entity located at Main Street and Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey. Thomas Edison opened a new laboratory and manufacturing complex in West Orange on 24 Nov 1887, 10 years almost to the day after he had invented the phonograph in Menlo Park. His early work in West Orange resulted in the Improved Phonograph, the Perfected Phonograph, and the kineto-phone, as well as a successful storage battery; all his later enhancements in recording were developed…