Canal Power

Historical marker location:

12252 West North Washington Street, Delphi, Indiana

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of West North Washington Street and North Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.)

<i>Animal: The Engine of the Canal and the Farm</i>. Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village.

The first public demonstration of the electric light bulb was given by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey, but the first practical incandescent light bulb was invented by Lewis Howard Latimer, who was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, but lived in Indiana for a time. Latimer was also the first African American to be employed as an engineer by the U.S. Patent Office.