Albany lies along the Great Southern Railway and the South Western and Albany highways to Perth-Fremantle, 240 miles (386 km) northwest. The town serves an area of wine growing and dairy, beef, lamb, fruit, and potato farming.
Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804â1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810â1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
Thomas Alva Edison Was Born in 1847 Early Years Year Invention Description 1863 Automatic Telegraph Repeater Edison's first invention at 16. It sent telegraph signals between unmanned stations, allowing almost anyone to easily and precisely translate code at his own speed and convenience. Edison never patented this invention. 1869 Electric Vote Recorder Edison's first patent. Permitted a yes or no vote via one of two switches. Washington congressmen were not interested in the device and the invention was a failure (U.