Thomas Edison
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N 42° 35.935 W 082° 53.525
17T E 344777 N 4718011
Located on the west side of Grand Avenue, just north of Cass Avenue. Parking available.
Waymark Code: WM1494
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2007
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Thomas Edison While working as a railway newsboy on the Detroit-Port Huron line, Tom Edison often stopped in Mount Clemens. He made friends with station agent J. U. Mackenzie and in 1862 saved Mackenzie's young son from death by a train. In gratitude Mr. Mackenzie taught Tom Edison railroad telegraphy. From his training Tom became a qualified railroad telegrapher and worked during the 1860s at this occupation. Some of his earliest inventions were based on the telegraph.
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