EDISON LABORATORY Edison National Historic Site West Orange, New Jersey Volume 1

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This period marked the resurgence the Edison laboratory after the economic downturn the 1890s. great deal new equipment was imported made the laboratory the development programs. put its production and experimental facilities the disposal the government. Like every other major manufacturing concern the United States, Thomas Edison Inc. 1901 Edison began close his ore milling plants and look for new products revitalize his finances the twentieth century. The rise power Miller Reese Hutchison led several structural changes intended to improve the efficiency the laboratory. Edison was away from the site for much the duration America’s involvement in the war. The phonograph business finally began meet Edison’s expectations and the yearly income over million dollars that came from the phonograph supported massive program expansion at the West Orange site. The site was also changed accommodate two major new product lines: the diamond disc and the storage battery. was participating the desperate search find solution the U-boat problem. New products were manufactured, new contract research initiated, and many new employees came the site. The coming ofWorld War brought new challenges and significant changes the Edison enterprise.and the ore milling plant had built the mountains New Jersey. This was experimental project some irony, for Edison had done his best advance the submarine threat producing his special alkaline submarine batteries the years before the war. The development the modern 87 . These two experimental projects were the most arduous and the most expensive ever mounted this any other Edison laboratory. Period III: 1915-1931. Both ran into millions dollars experimental expenses. Edison went building spree that added many new buildings the plant site: an administration building, new building make records (Building 24), enlargements the Phonograph Works, and completely new set storage battery factories across the road from the laboratory. While the exterior fabric the six main laboratory buildings was not significantly changed, there was continual program alterations within these buildings. Period II: 1901-1914