#0836 Pioneer Electronics Research Laboratory
Title
#0836 Pioneer Electronics Research Laboratory
Site information:
E corner of Channing Ave and Emerson St, Palo AltoNothing remains of this site, as far as I know.
37.441534,-122.157674
Plaque information:
State plaquePlaque text:
Electronics Research LaboratoryOriginal site of the laboratory and factory of Federal Telegraph Company, founded in 1909 by Cyril F. Elwell. Here, with two assistants, Dr. Lee de Forest, inventor of the three-element radio vacuum tube, devised in 1911-13 the first vacuum tube amplifier and oscillator. World-wide developments based on this research led to modern radio communication, television, and the electronics age.
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the City of Palo Alto and the Palo Alto Historical Association. May 2, 1978
Registered 11/3/1969