Edison Illuminating Company's Station A
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This power plant is an edited, scaled-down version of the station in Detroit where Henry Ford became Chief Engineer; it is also a setting for one of Edison's most startling electrical devices -- the only surviving "Jumbo" dynamo from Manhattan's Pearl Street Station. During his time working for the Edison Illuminating Company Henry Ford built his first car -- and had his first meeting with Thomas Edison.
This power plant is an edited, scaled-down version of the station in Detroit where Henry Ford became Chief Engineer; it is also a setting for one of Edison's most startling electrical devices -- the only surviving "Jumbo" dynamo from Manhattan's Pearl Street Station. During his time working for the Edison Illuminating Company Henry Ford built his first car -- and had his first meeting with Thomas Edison.
Artifact
Power plant
Date Made
1944
Subject Date
1886
Creators
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Built in 1944 in Greenfield Village. Reduced-scale replica of the Detroit electric power plant built in 1886.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Railroad Junction District
Object ID
44.159.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brick (Clay material)
Mortar (Filler)
Glass (Material)
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