George J. Hill

                                                           
                            IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOMAS EDISON
                          Lectures and Walks Led by Dr. Hill in New Jersey
                                                            
Roselle, N.J.  "Roselle: The First Electrified Village. Thomas Edison’s Electrolier, His Generator, and His Vision to Light Up the World.”  First Presbyterian Church, Roselle, 2:00 p.m. 

Madison, N.J., Public Library. "Edison in Morris County: Some Surprises."

West Caldwell, N.J., Public Library.  "It Began in Caldwell: Thomas Edison’s New Jersey Ancestors, and the Impact of This Great Inventor on New Jersey."

Newark, N.J.  "Young Edison in Newark."

Montclair, N.J.  "Toxic Edison: The Contradictory Legacy of the Great Inventor."

West Orange, N.J.  "Edison's Home, His Laboratory, and His Factories in West Orange."

Union, N.J.  "Thomas Edison in Elizabeth and Union, N.J."  Ingersoll Terrace, Union, N.J.:  The Edison Concrete Houses.

Jersey City, N.J.  "Jersey City: Thomas Edison's First Shop in New Jersey, and His Other Connections to the Morris Canal and Hudson County."
 
Newark, N.J.  "Thomas Edison in Newark, 1870-1875: The Early Years of the Great Inventor's Life and Work in New Jersey."  Walk to see the sites of Edison's residences and shops in Newark. 

Edison Township, N.J.  "The Wizard in Menlo Park." Walk to see the site of Edison's laboratory, shop, and homes in Menlo Park, at the Edison Tower Museum and Park.

Harrison, N.J.  "Edison and His Harrison Lamp Works."

West Orange, N.J.  “Edison in West Orange: The Laboratory, the Factories, and His Home, ‘Glenmont,’ in Llewellyn Park."  Walking tour of the perimeter of the Edison National Historic Site and of his home, Glenmont, in Llewellyn Park, and of the Storage Battery Factory that is being converted to condominiums. 

Glen Ridge, N.J. “Edison in Glen Ridge, New Jersey: The Forgotten History of Edison’s Ink Factory and His Battery Factory, When Glen Ridge Was an Industrial Town.” 

Belleville, N.J. "Edison and the Destruction of Silver Lake."  Walking tour of the former Edison plant property and adjacent streets in Belleville and Bloomfield. 

Bloomfield, N.J.  "Edison and the Destruction of Silver Lake."

Morristown, N.J.  "Edison and Morris County: Lake Hopatcong, and His Iron and Cement Industries."

Sparta and Ogdensburg, N.J. "Edison and Iron Mining: Sparta, Ogdensburg, and Lake Hopatcong."  Walking tour of Sparta Mountain top and Main Street, Ogdensburg.

Warren County Library, N.J. "Edison and Cement: The Little-Known History of the Edison Portland Cement Company." Walking tour of Edison Road from Route 57 to Good Springs Road, New Village, N.J. 

Kearny, N.J.  “Edison and Kearny, New Jersey: The Forgotten History of the E-Mark BatteryFactory in the Meadowlands and the Model A Ford.” 

Madison, N.J.  “Edison’s Environment: Invention and Pollution in the Career of Thomas Edison.  Judging Edison – The Issue of Accountability.” 




   
For information on times and sites of lectures and walks:  Please contact Dr. Hill at 973-736-0738 (home) or 973-610-4631 (mobile) or Mark Magyar at 973-292-5288 (home) or 908-246-8468 (mobile) for questions, or send e-mail to captgjh@yahoo.com or publicpolicynj@aol.com.  Additional information on www.njheritagepress.org.