A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Arendtsville Pa Electric Plant

[rogruth]

Look at all of those angles on the building in the back.
Water power?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Look at all of those angles on the building in the back.

Fun to model,

Water power?

No idea.

[Tony-h]

Steam powered. The building far right has a stack for the boiler. Then a covered walkway into what is most likely the engine room. Maybe a belt driven dynamo in the main building or most likely direct drive from the engine.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Steam powered. The building far right has a stack for the boiler. Then a covered walkway into what is most likely the engine room. Maybe a belt driven dynamo in the main building or most likely direct drive from the engine.

Coal then....

[healey36]

"The Hotel Edison at Fourth and Market Sts., stands on the location on which Thomas A. Edison illuminated the first building in the world with incandescent electric light. The plaque at the entrance to the Hotel tells the story."

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"The Hotel Edison at Fourth and Market Sts., stands on the location on which Thomas A. Edison illuminated the first building in the world with incandescent electric light. The plaque at the entrance to the Hotel tells the story."

Still there then?

They have a talking plaque

[healey36]

So says the card caption. No idea...never been to Sunbury (been past it a few times on Rte 15).

I remember picking up this card somewhere and wondering why Edison chose Sunbury for such a momentous bit of work. I would have thought this would have occurred in New Jersey, or Schenectady, a place with a more prominent Edison footprint.

[healey36]

Apparently it's still there:

http://thehoteledison.com/

Looks like a nice place with a bit of history:

http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/HotelEdison.html

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Apparently it's still there:

http://thehoteledison.com/

Looks like a nice place with a bit of history:

http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/HotelEdison.html

Interesting place -- might be worth a wandering by and/or a weekend away...........

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

So Vern turns to Al and says "Hey...what the hell is Burt doing in the wagon?"

[robert.]

So says the card caption. No idea...never been to Sunbury (been past it a few times on Rte 15).

I remember picking up this card somewhere and wondering why Edison chose Sunbury for such a momentous bit of work. I would have thought this would have occurred in New Jersey, or Schenectady, a place with a more prominent Edison footprint.

I'll take a stab at this. What little i remember from my 10th grade history teacher. Edison wanted to stick it in the face of the gas company. The whole town of Sunbury was illuminated by gas. He was able to use his new system of lighter gauge wire throughout the hotel. Edison's wire made it cost effective not his light bulb!! On a side note. I remember my grandfather saying that electric company would give you free light bulbs.

[Rufus T. Firefly]