Monday, May 05, 2008

Burning Bright Since 1901!

As reported on NBC Nightly News tonight, here's the webcam of the longest lasting light bulb in the world! (It may take a while to load as all of Nightly's viewers are trying to access it right now.)

The bulb is said to have been made by the Shelby Electric Company of Shelby, Ohio, and given to the fire department by Dennis Bernal, owner the Livermore Power and Light Co. The 4-watt bulb was first installed at the fire department hose cart house in 1901, moved to the fire station at First and McLeod, and in 1976 move to it’s current location as a “nightlight over the fire trucks” at the fire station at 4550 East Ave, Livermore, California.

2 comments:

Justin said...

Put some of those in my house

Anonymous said...

I think we need to see a pic of your weather 'lab'. lol that got a chuckle out of me... creative :)