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Car Rentals 15 Passenger Van Rental Fort Lauderdale and the Edison and Ford
Winter Estates
One of the popular excursions to take in Fort Myers is to the Edison and Ford
Winter Estates. Yes, we are talking about the inventor Thomas Alva Edison and
the renown car maker Henry Ford. The facility is just a short drive down
McGregor Blvd. in your Fort Myers 15 Passenger Van Car Rentals.
Homes
Park your Fort Myers 15 Passenger Mini Van Car Rental in the convenient on
site parking lot and enjoy your tour. Both homes of these famous people are open
for tours and offer you a peek into a nostalgic era of gentile living. The
architectural detail, furniture, and decor are reminiscent of gracious life
style and with verandas open to the gentle evening breezes off the
Caloosahatchee River, guests and family were able to enjoy cool pleasant
evenings. Further for his guests and children’s amusement, Edison built a
7-foot deep pool of Edison Portland Cement. This process is an example of
Edison’s successful experimentation. The Edison home contains many of his
innovations that we would appreciate in our own homes today.
After touring part of this 20-acre facility you will enjoy a break with
either a light snack or lunch in the designated picnic area. Pluck your picnic
lunch from your Fort Myers 15 Passenger Van Car Rentals, wandering over to the
picnic areas you will enjoy eating al fresco with the colorful birds chirping
sweetly, the gentle breeze and the delightful scents of the gardens.
Gardens
The gardens at street side and further on the grounds are beautiful, unique
gardens with domestic and imported plants. Two focal points are the African
sausage tree and a magnificent Banyan tree, a gift from Harvey Firestone of
Firestone Tires. The sausage tree is so named because of its sausage-like
seedpods. Having over 1000 different kinds of plants originally, the gardens
were experimental in nature being an outdoor laboratory and inspiration for
Edison’s research. Numerous exotic orchids abound in the mango tree and in the
ground level gardens. Enjoy the sights and scents of the unique plants such as
Flower of Love, Ylang Ylang perfume tree and Chinese Hat with its orange flowers
that attract tiny, colorful hummingbirds. Don’t forget to visit the Garden
gift shop where you can purchase items related to the plants and gardens and
then store them in the trunk of your Fort Myers 15 Passenger Van Car Rentals.
Museum
On these expansive grounds is the museum, which houses many examples of this
great inventor. His inventions, patent ideas and prototypes are on display for
all to marvel. Over 200 of his phonographs are collected here too. Henry Ford
gave Edison, his friend and neighbor, a rare Model T Ford, which is also housed
in the museum. Perhaps this is the ancestor to your Fort Myers 15 Passenger Mini
Van Car Rental.
Laboratory
No visit to the home of such a prestigious inventor could be complete without
a visit to his work place. Edison kept a cot in his laboratory for quick little
snoozes, as he would work until he was exhausted or hungry. The workshop is
perhaps one of the most intriguing parts of the tour. Edison spent hours in here
developing his solutions and researching ideas. One extremely interesting work
was his research into producing an inexpensive nature source of latex. Since
latex is used to make rubber and rubber became very expensive in the 1920s this
was important. Through his work Edison found that a natural source of latex
could be found in the weed goldenrod. A 3 to 4 foot plant could deliver about 5%
latex but Edison developed a 12-foot plant that would deliver 12% latex. Of
course his friends and colleges Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone who had vested
interests in this process helped with their expertise, ingenuity and money.
Today your Fort Myers 15 Passenger Mini Van Car Rental benefits from Edison’s
work.
A tour of the Edison and Ford Estates is both enjoying and educational,
offering a family-oriented experience that will both amuse and enlighten you
during your Fort Myers vacation.
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