Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum completed by Tyler Kerekgyarto of Troop 12, based in Edison, NJ. The sign contains information about the museum, the website, and hours of operation. The sphere atop the tower has been called the ""world's largest light bulb"". Another famous sphere, the Union Watersphere, that has long been known as the ""world's tallest water sphere"" is located in nearby Union. Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park, also known as the Menlo Park Museum / Edison Memorial Tower, is a memorial to inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison, located in the Menlo Park area
Menlo Park, California station in Palo Alto) and started running trains to the area. They named a nearby station "Menlo Park" after the sign. The 1867 station building still stands on the platform of the current Caltrain station, used by the local Chamber of Commerce. The town of Menlo Park grew up around this station, becoming a popular home for San Francisco businessmen. A post office arrived in 1870, and the city was incorporated in 1874 (it would dissolve after two years but would later be permanently incorporated in 1927). The original arch which gave its name to the stations and ultimately, the