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Thomas Edison at His Ore Concentrating Plant in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, circa 1896
1891/1901
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
During the 1890s, Thomas Edison launched a New Jersey mining operation to address an iron ore shortage. He designed rock-crushing technology and an electromagnetic ore separator to extract low-grade ore from crushed boulders. The final product -- a briquette made of powdered iron ore -- didn't do well commercially, especially after high-grade ore was discovered around Lake Superior. In 1899, Edison left the industry.
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- Title: Thomas Edison at His Ore Concentrating Plant in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, circa 1896
- Date: 1891/1901
- Location: United States, New Jersey, Ogdensburg
- Subject Keywords: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, Mines and mineral resources, Ore-dressing, Laboratories, Photographic print, Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: 84.1.1630.P.188.9730
- Inventor: Thomas Edison
- Image ID: THF267093
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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