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 Thomas A. Edison-The Hotel Edison - Sunbury, PA Posted by:  Don.Morfe
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Sesquicentennial Celebration of Sunbury, PA-This tablet commemorates the installation at Sunbury PA., of the first three-wire central station incandescent electric lighting plant in the world.
Waymark Code: WM12H34
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2020
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Thomas A. Edison (Erected in Honor Of)-The Hotel Edison--This tablet commemorates the installation at Sunbury PA., of the first three-wire central station incandescent electric lighting plant in the world. On the night of July 4, 1883, Thomas A. Edison, the creator of the incandescent lamp, and inventor of numerous mechanical and electrical devices necessary for a complete system of electric light, heat and power. Acting in the triple capacity of Chief Electrical Engineer, mechanical expert and Superintendent of Construction, turned over to the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Sunbury, PA., a completed operating central station electric plant.
The City Hotel, then on this site, was the first building in the world commercially wired and illuminated by electricity. Dedicated during the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Sunbury, PA., July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1922.
Location: Marker is in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County. Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and 4th Street on Market Street, Sunbury PA 17801
Subject: Town
Commemoration: July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1922
Date of Founding: January 14, 1914.
Date of Commemoration: July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1922
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Plaque attached to the Edison Hotel. Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and 4th Street on Market Street, Sunbury PA 17801
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