The Centennial Light Is a Nightlight That Has Been Failing for 125 Years
At Fire Station 6, 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, California, a hand-blown light bulb with a carbon filament hangs from the ceiling over the fire engines. It has been burning, with a few interruptions, since 1901. The Shelby Electric Company of Shelby, Ohio made it in the late 1890s, and someone …