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Edison's Electric Railway of 1880 at Menlo Park, N.J. (Print A)

General Electric Company1880/1880

Museum of Innovation & Science

Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States

Edison built an experimental two-mile electric railway at his Menlo Park complex. The locomotive used an Edison dynamo as a motor.

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  • Title: Edison's Electric Railway of 1880 at Menlo Park, N.J. (Print A)
  • Creator: General Electric Company
  • Date Created: 1880/1880
  • Location: Menlo Park, New Jersey
  • Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
  • Original Language: English
  • Subject Keywords: Railroads, Thomas Edison, Electricity, Research
  • Type: Photograph
  • Publisher: General Electric Company
  • Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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