Drive By History
SYLVESTER MANOR and EDISON CONCRETE
6/3/2020 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Roadside history markers lead to LI's Sylvester Manor and Edison's Concrete Houses
Host Ken Magos and Dr. Kabria Baumgartner tour Shelter Island's antebellum plantation, Sylvester Manor. Then, a Franklin Township, NJ marker leads to a surprising discovery that Thomas Edison worked extensively with concrete. Architect/Author Mark Alan Hewitt joins in Montclair, NJ to visit one of Edison's greatest concrete creations: a privately-owned 4-bedroom house that still stands today!
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Drive By History is a local public television program presented by NJ PBS
Drive By History
SYLVESTER MANOR and EDISON CONCRETE
6/3/2020 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Ken Magos and Dr. Kabria Baumgartner tour Shelter Island's antebellum plantation, Sylvester Manor. Then, a Franklin Township, NJ marker leads to a surprising discovery that Thomas Edison worked extensively with concrete. Architect/Author Mark Alan Hewitt joins in Montclair, NJ to visit one of Edison's greatest concrete creations: a privately-owned 4-bedroom house that still stands today!
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