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Vacant since 2002 and heavily fire damaged in August 2011, this former high school in Philadelphia was one of the most picturesque abandoned buildings I had ever shot. I know there were plans to demolish this site and turn it into a "Save a Lot", but I'm not sure if demolition had ever been started or completed.
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 Seconds
Aperture: F/11
Camera: Canon 5D MK II
Lens: Canon 24mm TS-E F/3.5 L
Edison Lane (originally Post Office Lane) ran from Creek Street to the rear of the General Post Office. Barton and White, the firm of electrical engineers which first generated electrical power in Brisbane had their premises in the lane. It became Edison Lane in the late 1890's.
Thomas A. Edison invented his first phonograph in 1877. The sound was recorded on tinfoil around a grooved cylinder.
Despite its limited sound quality and that the recordings could be played only a few times, the phonograph made Edison a celebrity. Although Edison obtained a patent for the phonograph in 1878, he did little to develop it until Alexander Graham Bell and others produced phonograph-like device in the 1880s that used wax-coated cardboard cylinders.
Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Thomas Edison”
Edison neighborhood sign in South Tacoma, Washington
The Edison neighborhood is located between 56th and 66th streets and Washington and Oakes streets.
Thomas A. Edison invented his first phonograph in 1877. The sound was recorded on tinfoil around a grooved cylinder. Despite its limited sound quality and that the recordings could be played only a few times, the phonograph made Edison a celebrity. Although Edison obtained a patent for the phonograph in 1878, he did little to develop it until Alexander Graham Bell and others produced phonograph-like device in the 1880s that used wax-coated cardboard cylinders.
Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Thomas Edison”
This lake is at the end of the road from when you drive up Highway 168 out of Fresno. This location is about a mile and a half out of the campground near the lodge and store. There is a creek that empties out into the lake at this location and the fishing is supposed to be pretty good here. I threw in my line and tried a lot of different areas, but this picture was my best catch of the day. The fish weren't biting.
Usually running in the darkness of night, SU100 ended up being daylight in NJ, as crosses the Edison Ave crossing in Ogdensburg on its way east.
Detroit Edison mid-train helpers work a train of empties through Nineveh, Pennsylvania on the Monongahela’s Manor branch. With 140 of DE’s 140-ton hoppers totaling in excess of 19,000 tons, this train will need the 9000 horsepower of these helpers, in addition to the 12,500 hp up front.
Coal trains meet at Oak Harbor, Ohio with Detroit Edison U30C 019 leading empty's east back to Pennsylvania to load is about to meet a westbound. Above crossing over are N&W coal loads on the former Wheeling heading north for Toledo on 4-21-77.
ACS-64 no. 607 (Siemens, 2012-2016) leads a westbound train through Edison Station. The location is somewhat fitting, since Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor, and is well-known specifically for his electric inventions (though it is Sprague that is the "father of electric traction").
Caught this beautiful show from Nanquidro overlooking Edison Lighthouse.I counted at least 9 shafts of light emininating through the cloud.
Boston Edison, New Boston & Summer Street generating plants from
Reserved Channel, circa 2014 35mm Canon SLR (?) (Sepia tone added in Photoshop)
CSX K371 drags phosphate loads out of New Wales onto the Valrico Sub towards Mulberry. Lead engine #7216 is a CM44AC rebuilt from an AC4400.
Such amazing vibrancy along the Edison Highway to the east of Bakersfield proper, which is only boosted by the arrival of a west bound BNSF mixed freight. C44-9W 4083 leads, filling the warm air with its own particular music, whilst the Conductor gives a friendly wave.
Life energising medicine, California style.
A fitting name for a street that leads to an electric company.
The GE Sign is one of the most iconic symbols of the capital region, ad I've never photographed it. I rarely make it out to Schenectady at all, even though it's only 20 minutes away. While driving around checking on angles, I found that Edison Ave provided a natural frame through 2 bridges, with plenty of puddles to reflect the light.
Edison Theatre - Beautiful old Edison Theatre Building in Ft. Myers, Florida. I understand that the theatre was built in 1941 and was an operating theatre until around 1980. Though it houses offices today, I am thankful that its unique Art Deco decor has been preserved.
Many young photographers probably do not know anything about a darkroom. Things are so much easier today. Before digital photography we had film which had to be developed in the dark using noxious chemicals and before film (around 1930), photographs were recorded on glass negatives. On the right near the window you can see a rack that is stacked with glass negatives. Edison is best known for his creation of the first moving pictures or movies as we call them today. West Orange, NJ Laboratory
Fort Myers or Ft. Myers, is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. It has grown rapidly in recent years. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,298 and in 2017 was estimated at 79,943.
Fort Myers is a gateway to the Southwest Florida region and a major tourist destination within Florida. The winter estates of Thomas Edison ("Seminole Lodge") and Henry Ford ("The Mangoes") are major attractions. The city is named after Colonel Abraham Myers.
Spain originally had colonial influence in Florida, succeeded by Great Britain and, lastly, the United States. During the American Indian Wars of the 1830s, the United States built Fort Myers as one of the first forts along the Caloosahatchee River; it was used as a base of operations against the Seminole. During the Seminole Wars and Indian Removal period, Fort Myers was a strategic location, with access to Atlantic waterways. While many Seminole were forced to remove to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, others used their knowledge of the Everglades and Florida wilderness to resist the Americans. They were never defeated and two federally recognized Seminole tribes still control some of their historic territory.
During the American Civil War, Confederate blockade runners and cattle ranchers were based in Fort Myers. These settlers prospered through trading with the Seminole and Union soldiers.
The Fort Myers community was founded after the American Civil War by Captain Manuel A. Gonzalez on February 21, 1866. Captain Gonzalez was familiar with the area as a result of his years of service delivering mail and supplies to the Union Army at the Fort during the Seminole Indian Wars and Civil War.[ When the U.S. Government abandoned the fort following the Civil War, Gonzalez sailed from Key West, Florida to found the community. Three weeks later, Joseph Vivas and his wife, Christianna Stirrup Vivas, arrived with Gonzalez's wife, Evalina, and daughter Mary.
Gonzalez settled his family near the abandoned Fort Myers, where he began the area's first trading post. Gonzalez traded tobacco, beads, and gunpowder, and sold otter, bobcat, and gator hide, to the neighboring Seminole. A small community began to form around the trading post.
In the late 19th century, northerners began to travel to Florida in the winter. Some saw development opportunities. In 1881, the wealthy industrialist Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania came to the Caloosahatchee Valley. He planned to dredge and drain the Everglades for development. Diston connected Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River; this allowed steamboats to run from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Okeechobee and up the Kissimmee River.
On August 12, 1885, the small town of Fort Myers—all 349 residents—was incorporated. By that time, it was the second-largest town on Florida's Gulf Coast south of Cedar Key.
In 1885, inventor Thomas Alva Edison was cruising Florida's west coast and stopped to visit Fort Myers. He soon bought 13 acres along the Caloosahatchee River in town. There he built his home "Seminole Lodge", as a winter retreat. It included a laboratory for his continuing work. After the Lodge was completed in 1886, Edison and his wife, Mina, spent many winters in Fort Myers. Edison also enjoyed local recreational fishing, for which Fort Myers had gained a national reputation.
In 1898, the Royal Palm Hotel was constructed. This luxury hotel attracted many tourists and established Fort Myers nationally as a winter resort destination.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Myers,_Florida
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This is one of the buildings on Ocean drive in Miami. I wanted to get a close in view of the sign. I decided to blur the background in my post processing and give the image a darker edge so that the sign stands out more.
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The Edison Theatre in Fort Myers was constructed in 1920 year and, like other attractions in the city, was named in honor of the famous inventor and scientist Thomas Alva Edison. The initiative to open the present theater belonged to John Hendry. It used to be a very popular attraction among the locals until 1980, when it was renovated and transformed into an office building. Even though visitors are not able to enjoy performances here any more, the Edison Theatre building is still an attractive landmark in Fort Myers - Fort Myers, FL, USA
Discontent is the first necessity of progress // Thomas Edison
Taken in Thomas Edison's laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey