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Menlo Park
Menlo Park1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are there. 2 Uninc. residential community, Middlesex co., central N.J., in Edison township. It is the site of Edison Memorial Tower and state park, where Thomas Edison kept his laboratories (1876–1887). Buildings associated with the laboratories were moved to or replicated at Greenfield Village Museum at Dearborn, Mich. Menlo Park developed into a suburban community after the end of World War II. |
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"Menlo Park." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Menlo Park." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MenloPar.html "Menlo Park." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MenloPar.html |
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Menlo Park
Menlo Park, California/USA Takes its name from Menlough, Ireland (see next entry).
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Menlo Park." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Menlo Park." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-MenloPark.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Menlo Park." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-MenloPark.html |
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