Sunbury in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Hotel Edison

Erected in Honor of Thomas A. Edison

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

1. The Hotel Edison Marker

Inscription. This tablet commemorates the installation at Sunbury PA., of the first three-wire central station incandescent electric lighting plant in the world. On the night of July 4, 1883, Thomas A. Edison, the creator of the incandescent lamp, and inventor of numerous mechanical and electrical devices necessary for a complete system of electric light, heat and power. Acting in the triple capacity of Chief Electrical Engineer, mechanical expert and Superintendent of Construction, turned over to the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Sunbury, PA., a completed operating central station electric plant.

The City Hotel, then on this site, was the first building in the world commercially wired and illuminated by electricity. Dedicated during the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Sunbury, PA., July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1922.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1883.

Location. 40° 51.662′ N, 76° 47.455′ W. Marker is in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, in Northumberland County. It is at the intersection of Market Street and 4th Street

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on Market Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sunbury PA 17801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Northumberland Civil War Memorial (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); For Those Who Served (about 700 feet away); Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) (about 700 feet away); Sunbury War Memorials (about 700 feet away); Erected to the Memory of the World War Heroes (about 800 feet away); Northumberland County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Beck House (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Electric Light (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

2. The Hotel Edison Marker

all markers in Sunbury.

The Hotel Edison image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

3. The Hotel Edison

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

4. The Hotel Edison

The Hotel Edison-4th Street view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

5. The Hotel Edison-4th Street view

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,117 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.