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In Part 1 of the Top 10 Engineering Sites in New York City, we traveled a convenient path around Manhattan. Part 2 covers a few spots that are a bit more out of the way. However, this list only scratches the surface of the rich history of engineering throughout this area.
Menlo Park
Thomas Edison, "The Wizard of Menlo Park," is the reason tourists flock to this destination just outside of New York City every year.
Before arriving in the Big Apple, you likely had to cross through or over New Jersey. Just about an hour from Machine Design's office is Menlo Park, famous for being the home and laboratory of Thomas Edison. Now a museum and 36 acres of state park land, there are tours for all age brackets that go through the museum, and into the surrounding woods. Edison came to Menlo Park in 1876. The next year, he invented the first way to record and play sounds, i.e. the phonograph, and subsequently received the nickname "The Wizard of Menlo Park."
Hayden Planetarium
This big round ball in the middle of a glass room is not only the Hayden Theatre, but a representation of the sun. As visitors walk around the large ball, there are other representations of planets hanging around it. I believe...