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none had been able to devise a lamp that would last in long-term commercial use
. ... a complete electric lighting system to replace gaslight in lower Manhattan. ..... 
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singly ... Known as the Wizard of Menlo Park, for the New Jersey town where he 
did some ... In 1881, he set up an electric light company in Newark, and the 
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Setting up a lab in Menlo Park, some of the products he developed included the 
telegraph, phonograph, electric light bulb, alkaline storage ... In 1868, Edison 
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turned his ... Edison set out to construct a complete system that would generate ... 
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electricity. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison Invents the Light Bulb - Great ... - Abdo Digital [PAR] By October 1879, the electric light had been Thomas Alva Edison's obsession for 
months. ... Frustrated, Edison spent long nights in his laboratory in Menlo ... New 
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complete electrical distribution system for light and power, set up the... [DOC] [TLE] Lighting A Revolution: Script for 19th Century Promotion [PAR] Exhibition Script for Lighting A Revolution 19th Century Promotion section. ... the 
first electric sign which was ever made [I] constructed in December, 1881, and 
hung up ... at Menlo Park and went to Europe in 1882 to promote the Edison 
System. ... and Edison moved to West Orange, New Jersey, to set up his

Question: By 1881 his Menlo Park home had been set up with a complete electric lighting system
Answer: Edison