Edison, Chapter 1. Clip: Season 27 Episode 3 | 9m 22s. Before he was a legendary inventor, Thomas Edison was a telegraph operator. 01/27/2015 | Rating NR ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on October, 19, 1931.) Thomas A. Edison perfected his first invention to save himself work. He was 16, and a telegraph operator. Every hour he was required t… ...

Edison took a job with the Western Union Telegraph Company at the depot (the predecessor to the current Union Station) as a night telegraph operator with a salary of $75 per month.

Thomas Alva Edison is an unparalleled figure in the history of the United States. ... From 1863 to 1868, Edison moved around the country as a telegraph operator, improving his skills until he reached ...

Edison was only a teenager when he worked as a telegraph operator on the night shift. He accepted the night-shift position because the slower evenings offered him time to study and perform what he ...

In the 1880s, Thomas Edison sued Woods twice, claiming he'd first invented a telegraph for trains. Woods' inventions revolutionized transportation, but he faced many challenges as a Black inventor.

The PBS documentary about the life and times of Thomas Alva Edison premieres tonight at 9 p.m. on WNET ...

Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb, ... worked nights as a Western Union telegraph operator and conducted scientific experiments in his spare time. In 1869, ...

Edison is thought to have lived at the brick shotgun duplex at 729 E. Washington St. when he was 18 or 19 years old and working as a Western Union telegraph operator at 58 W. Main St.