Edison Storage Battery Company Building | |
Location: | 177 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey |
Coordinates: | 40.7833°N -74.2344°W |
Architecture: | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
Added: | February 28, 1996 |
Refnum: | 96000055 |
Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 8, 1995 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 3151[1] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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Edison Storage Battery Company Building, is located at 177 Main Street and Lakeside Avenue in West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 1996.
The building was a manufacturing facility for Edison Storage Battery Company to make nickel-iron batteries developed by Thomas Edison in 1901. Manufacturing began around 1903 and was discontinued in 1975 when Edison Storage was sold to Exide.