Building formed entrance gateway with the west end the
main building, and the space between and Buildings and 2
formed courtyard. Leather
belts took the power from the drive shafts the machines
below. They complimented the work the
main laboratory building, and their spatial relations with it
defined the physical shape Edison's West Orange laboratory.14
manufacture Edison products. The laboratory was wired for electricity throughout and
. The West Orange laboratory was organic structure
which constantly changed meet the needs Edison's
research, new buildings added and old ones refurbished. contained rock crushers and graders, assay
furnaces, and containers for the many samples ore that
Edison had collected. His new laboratory had open architecture
which enabled him convert workspace and add buildings the
need arose.
These four satellite buildings indicate the experimental
directions that Edison intended follow: electricity,
chemistry, and metallurgy.
The five main buildings were completed September, and
Batchelor then turned his attention fitting out the
laboratory. followed the current industrial practice in
establishing power house one end the main laboratory
building and running shafts along the two first floors. They are physical proof Edison's
habit break down experimental problems into electrical,
chemical, and material parts. The last the satellite
buildings, number was established metallurgical
laboratory
