Thomas Edison and his family moved to Port Huron when he was seven. The depot in New Haven was one of the stops he made on his journey to Detroit everyday.
Thomas Edison's family moved to Port Huron when he was just seven and stayed in the area about ten years...
Every morning a young Edison would board the train in Port Huron and sell newspapers among other things on his way to Detroit on the Grand Trunk Railroad...
Among the stops on the way was the depot of Smiths Creek which Henry Ford bought and moved to Greenfield Village...
The New Haven/New Baltimore/Lenox Depot was built in 1859 and was also on the route. The train would not leave Detroit until 7 p.m. each day which gave Edison time to burn which he did by spending many of the extra hours in the library there...
Thomas Edison would become one of the most prolific inventors in history holding 1,093 patents in his lifetime. His inventions would include the light bulb, phonograph, and movie projector among many other items. A young Henry Ford would go to work for Edison in Detroit and while there built his Quadricycle in 1896...
Photos Courtesy of the Henry Ford Musuem
Edison became a mentor for Ford and encouraged him to continue to develop the automobile. Henry Ford would ultimately start two other car companies before the Ford Motor Company came into existence in 1903...
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Edison and Ford would become lifelong friends and together change the world ushering in modern society...
Photo Courtesy of the Ford Motor Company Archives
One other depot also still exists on Edison's route to Detroit and is located in Mt. Clemens. Some of his earliest inventions were based on what he learned at this station which included operating the Telegraph...
