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Historical Sites Originally from South Branch, William P. Bowman became the manager of the New York office the John A. Roebling Sons Company, and married a daughter of the Roebling family. The Roeblings were pioneers in the field of suspension bridge construction and had built the Brooklyn Bridge. The company they founded designed suspension bridges around the world and manufactured the steel cable used in their construction. A member of the family had been a passenger on the Titanic. William Bowman built this estate in 1911. The "Tavern Room" was paneled with wood from the old covered bridge at South Branch. That bridge had been built with wood salvaged from the Reformed Church at Millstone when it was rebuilt in 1826. In the mantle may be seen musket ball holes made in the church during a Revolutionary War Battle. The room was designed to resemble the public room of the White Oak Tavern. Mr. Bowman invited famous guests to carve their names into a trestle table in the room. The names include President Warren G. Harding, U.S. Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Ferdinand and Ruth Roebling, George Bogart, Louis Paul Dessar the artist, and renowned architect George B. Post of Bernardsville, who designed the Wisconsin State Capitol and many of the mansions in the Somerset Hills including his own estate, Claremont (see The Somerset Hills Landed Gentry Map).
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Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Menlo Park Museum The Thomas A. Edison Memorial Tower and Menlo Park Museum was built in 1937 and dedicated February 11, 1938 to commemorate Thomas Edison's 91 st birthday. Located at 37 Christie Street in the Menlo Park section of Edison. The Tower is located on the exact spot where Thomas Edison had his laboratory, the first modern Research and Development center in the world. While in Menlo Park, Edison received over 400 patents on items including the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph and the electric railroad car. His innovations at the site included wireless transmissions (nearly 20 years before Marconi), the carbon button transmitter (drastic improvements to telegraph and telephone technology), and the discovery of the Edison Effect, the foundation for the field of electronics. Thomas Edison remarked that some of his greatest triumphs were here. The Menlo Park Museum contains some of Edison's inventions and products from the Thomas A. Edison Company including a recently donated 1929 Edison 'Light-O-Matic' Radio. The Museum features memorabilia of our community's namesake and most famous citizen.
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Metlar/Bodine House Museum Cornelius Low House/Middlesex County Museum For information, call (732) 745-4177 (voice), (732) 745-3888 (TTY) or visit the web at www.cultureheritage.org East Jersey Olde Towne Village
There are 26 township parks scattered throughout the community with a wide variety of facilities available for residents, many with picnic areas and tot lots. Picnic reservations, obtained through the Recreation Department, (732-562-2382), are on a first come first serve basis. Johnson Park Zoo, located on River Road, contains many picnic areas, a zoo, race track and bike paths. For information, call (732) 745-3900. Area Sports: | ||
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