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===The Edison era=== [[File:Menlo Park Laboratory of Thomas Edison site of the Invention of the light bulb in Dearborn, Michigan at Greenfield Village The Henry Ford Museum from Menlo Park, New Jersey.JPG|thumb|left|Replica of Edison's lab where he invented the first commercially practical light bulb. Henry Ford, Edison's longtime friend, built it at the [[Henry Ford Museum]] in Michigan.]] In 1876, [[Thomas Edison]] set up his home and research laboratory in New Jersey on the site of an unsuccessful real estate development in Raritan Township called "[[Menlo Park, New Jersey|Menlo Park]]", (currently located in [[Edison State Park]]). While there he earned the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park". Before his death at age 83 in 1931, the prolific inventor amassed a record 1,093 patents for creations including the [[phonograph]], a stock ticker, the motion-picture camera, the [[incandescent light bulb]], a mechanical vote counter, the alkaline storage battery including one for an electric car, and the first commercial electric light.<ref name=Walsh>Walsh, Bryan. [https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1910417_1910419_1910460,00.html "The Electrifying Edison"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', July 5, 2010. Accessed March 16, 2015.</ref> The Menlo Park lab was significant in that was one of the first laboratories to pursue practical, commercial applications of research.<ref>Gordon, John Steele. [https://www.americanheritage.com/10-moments-made-american-business "10 Moments That Made American Business"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212131912/http://www.americanheritage.com/content/10-moments-made-american-business |date=December 12, 2018 }}, ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]'', February/March 2007. Accessed December 3, 2019. "But even more important than the inventions themselves was the process. Laboratories in the past had mostly pursued pure research, with little or no regard for the practical applications that might flow from that research. Menlo Park was all about practical application, turning ideas into products that would have commercial potential."</ref> It was in his Menlo Park laboratory that Thomas Edison came up with the [[phonograph]] and a commercially viable [[incandescent light bulb]] filament. Christie Street was the first street in the world to use electric lights for illumination.<ref>[http://cms2.revize.com/revize/townshipofedison/about_edison/township_history/edison_historical_timeline.php An Edison Historical Timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917185433/http://cms2.revize.com/revize/townshipofedison/about_edison/township_history/edison_historical_timeline.php |date=September 17, 2023 }}, Township of Edison. Accessed September 17, 2017.</ref> Edison subsequently left Menlo Park and moved his home and laboratory to [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]] in 1886.<ref>[http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/history/thomas-edison-and-menlo-park/ Thomas Edison and Menlo Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206081249/http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/history/thomas-edison-and-menlo-park/ |date=February 6, 2015 }}, The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park. Accessed September 17, 2017. "In 1886, Edison started building a new facility in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1887, his laboratory moved out of Menlo Park and into the new, much larger laboratory in West Orange."</ref>
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