A HISTORY OF EDISON'S WEST ORANGE LABORATORY 1887-1931

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. man fascinated with machines, the plant Ogden was paradise..with shrieking and whistling wheel and brakes.little narrow gauge locomotives puff their way and out between the buildings. post office was built and the name the community was changed to "Edison..1 SIDEBAR 6-2 EDISON AND THE "BOYS" WORK Although his public image colors Edison recluse, a "wizard" alone laboratory, enjoyed the outdoor life. Edison continued the ore milling project well after was practical because the work gave him much pleasure." revelled the primitive life the mine and the masculine world the miners and mountainmen the remote Jersey highlands. Edison loved watch the great shovels and cranes work and felt home the uproar the mine: On all sides the roar and whistle machinery, the whir conveyors and the choking white dust.. had often used prospecting trips vacation from the pressures of the laboratory, and the remote mountains New Jersey provided the opportunity mix business and pleasure. The scale the operation also had great appeal: Edison erected scores buildings Ogden and soon created an industrial complex where hundreds men worked. The spartan existence also invigorated ..Big wheels revolve the engine house.