State Park · New Jersey, United States
Edison Memorial Tower
Edison Memorial Tower is a state park in New Jersey, United States, established in 1938.
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Park facts
| Park type | State Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Edison, New Jersey, United States |
| Established | 1938 |
| Coordinates | 40.5631° N, 74.3394° W |
| Managed by | New Jersey state park system |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Edison Memorial Tower
The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park features the Menlo Park Museum and Edison Memorial Tower as a memorial to inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison, located in the Menlo Park section of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The tower was dedicated on February 11, 1938, on what would have been the inventor's 91st birthday. The center is located at the 36-acre (15 ha) Edison State Park on Christie Street, the first street in the world to be lit up by a lightbulb, just off Lincoln Highway (Route 27), near the Metropark station of Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Airports near this park
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- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) · Newark, United States · 12.4 miles away
- LaGuardia Airport (LGA) · New York, United States · 28.6 miles away
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) · New York, United States · 29.9 miles away
Parks nearby
More parks in New Jersey
Frequently asked questions
Where is Edison Memorial Tower?
Edison Memorial Tower is in New Jersey, United States (40.5631° N, 74.3394° W).
When was Edison Memorial Tower established?
Edison Memorial Tower was established in 1938, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Jersey_state_parks — Wikipedia list of New Jersey state parks — park name, county/location, size, year where the table states them.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison_Memorial_Tower_and_Museum — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).