Tom Edison at Grand Trunk
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The Grand Trunk Railroad depot to the right is where twelve-year-old Tom Edison departed daily on the Port Huron-Detroit run. In 1859, the railroad’s first year of operation, Tom persuaded the company to let him sell newspapers and confections on the daily trips. He became so successful that he soon placed two newsboys on other Grand Trunk runs to Detroit.
He made enough money to support himself and to buy chemicals and other experimental materials.
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