Fort Worth, Texas: World's Second Oldest Continuously Burning Light Bulb
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Stockyards Museum
- Address:
- 131 E. Exchange Ave. #113, Fort Worth, TX
- Directions:
- Northwest downtown Fort Worth. I-35W exit at NE 128th St./Hwy 183. Head west a mile, then turn south on N. Main St./US 287. Take second left onto E. Exchange Ave. The mighty Livestock Exchange Bldg will be one block on the left.
- Phone:
- 817-625-5087
Long-lived "Light Bulb Methuselah" was first screwed in at a local opera house in 1908. When the theater was demolished in 1977 the bulb was carefully moved and plugged in at the Stockyards Museum.
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