It's official!
Ed McWhiter, editor of the "Guinness
Book of World Rrecords,"
Has accepted the "Livermore light bulb" as the longest
burning
Bulb on earth, and will enter it in the upcoming "Book of
World Records" publication.
Since the story of the old bulb was first
released by the Herald &
News Jan. 13, there had been no "official" recognition
of the bulb
As the longest burning in the world eclipsing the previous record
Of 68 years by a bulb in the Place Theater in Fort Worth, Tex.
According to the Jan. 13 story, the bulb was
first put into continual
Use in 1902 and has burned continuously, night and day, for 70
years -
And it's still burning.
The old globe still hangs from the raftors
in the fire department
Apparatus room, and may be viewed by visitors. |