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Menlo Park - World's Largest Light Bulb Off Route 27, there is a wonderful memorial to Thomas Alva Edison. A large Lighthouse at the top of the hill is topped by none other than a huge incandescent light bulb. The Thomas Edison Memorial tower and Menlo Park Museum were built in 1937 to mark the "Birthplace of Recorded Sound." The World's Largest Light Bulb is 65 years old, thirteen feet tall, weighs eight tons, and is illuminated at night. The tower marks the spot where Edison invented the light bulb (Henry Ford stole the actual workshop and Edison's Last Breath). Inside the tower's base is a "highly exhausted" light bulb that's been burning since 1929, when the tower was built. We visited Menlo Park on May 25th, 2002 |
Flanders, N.Y - World's Largest Duck In 1931, Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer built this 20-foot tall eyecatcher using concrete applied over a wooden frame. Taillights from a Model T Ford became its eyes, glowing red at night. Maurer sold ducks and eggs from the shop in its belly. We visited The Duck on June 1, 2002 |
Middle picture taken by Philadelphia Transit PO Powell Philadelphia, PA - The Worlds Largest Clothespin Claes Oldenburg’s 45-foot-high, 10-ton sculpture stands in front of the Center Square Building at 15th and Market Streets, near City Hall. Criticized by many at its debut in the Bicentennial year, this whimsical giant of pop art now co-exists peaceably with the city’s mostly traditional outdoor statuary. The metal fastening at the top reads "7" on one side and "6" on the other, in the Bicentennial spirit. We visited The Clothespin on June 2, 2002 |
Philadelphia, PA - The Worlds Largest Button Title: Split Button We visited The Split Button on June 2, 2002 |
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