Yesterday we visited the Edison & Ford Winter Estates. I thought Ernest was going to be bored taking the tour but he said it was interesting and he enjoyed it. Here are some of my photos of the estates but first a bit of information that I copied from the Internet.
Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers's premier attraction, pays homage to two of America's most ingenious inventors: Thomas A. Edison, who gave the world the stock ticker, the incandescent lamp, and the phonograph, among other inventions; and his friend and neighbor, automaker Henry Ford. Donated to the city by Edison's widow, his 14-acre estate, reopened in 2005 after a historic renovation, is a remarkable place with a laboratory, botanical gardens, and a museum. The laboratory is just as Edison left it when he died in 1931. Edison traveled south from New Jersey and devoted much of his time here to inventing things (there are 1,093 patents to his name), experimenting with rubber for friend and frequent visitor Harvey Firestone, and planting some 600 species of plants collected around the world. Next door is Ford's "Mangoes," the more modest seasonal home of Edison's fellow inventor. It's said that the V-8 engine in essence was designed on the back porch.
Abouve are the twin houses of Edison's, they are mirror images of each other, connected with the white trellis walkway. The next house below is Ford's, the centre part is the original house and the two wings on the sides were added by Ford in the 1920's.
Here are a few photos from the Laboratory.
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