Menlo Park, New Jersey

Now and Then

A look at the location of Thomas Edison's laboratory

This series of pages looks at Menlo Park in the year 2000. Compare the area today with the old images from Edison's time. Maps and photos illustrate the changes that have taken place in the time since Edison invented a whole new world.

Here's a photo of the Edison home from around 1880:

Christie Street is the dirt road running up the hill to the left of the fence. Here's how that street looks today:

The Lincoln Hwy wasn't around in Edison's time, but the Middlesex Essex Turnpike was there.

Here's a look up Christie Street from the north side of the intersection (the Edison home would be on the right).

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