Livermore’s Centennial Light: World’s Longest Burning Lightbulb.



This lightbulb is 105 years old and has been burning continuously since 1901! From the website:

# Installed: First installed at the fire department hose cart house in 1901. Then moved to fire station at First and McLeod, then to its present site in 1976 at the fire station, 4550 East Ave., Livermore, California

# Vital Statistics: Made by the Shelby Electric Company, a handblown bulb with carbon filament. Approximate wattage-4 watts. Left burning continuously in firehouse as a nightlight over the fire trucks.

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Posted on May 4, 2006 at 12:18 pm by Alex
Category: 1 Other Neat Things, World Records



5 Comments to "Livermore’s Centennial Light: World’s Longest Burning Lightbulb."

  • Billy Mavreas
    May 5th, 2006 at 12:45 am

    does this mean we could all be enjoying eternal lightbulbs (if they wuz made the ol’ fashioned way) but some jackass would rather make a dime (and make waste) selling us mortal ones ?

  • mart
    May 5th, 2006 at 8:11 am

    It means that Shelby Electric Company happened to produce a perfect lightbulb — an achievement that probably won’t be repeated in our lifetime.

  • Alex
    May 5th, 2006 at 12:38 pm

    It’s also only a 4-watt bulb…. The filament is probably way thicker than that, so the bulb has been running at a fraction of its capacity.

  • byron
    May 5th, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    Its “Byron the Bulb” (obscure “Gravity’s Rainbow” reference)!

  • Alex Chaillet III
    January 25th, 2007 at 8:39 pm

    I am very proud of this bulb since my great great grandfather prof. Adolphe A. Chaillet invented the bulb.

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