https://www.centennialbulb.org/ bg image(images/ltbulbg7-2021.jpg) [liv-ca] +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | CENTENNIAL BULB | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Click bulb picture above to see the Bulb-Cam in action [longest] [ctbulb] ... Follow this link to Our Most Requested Photos! WEBSITE TRANSLATION Home Facts Video Articles Celebrations Awards Arts Shelby Friends Contacts * Books * Movies * Town Links * Age * Proof * History * Recognition * Competition * Future * Visiting * Celebrations * Contacts * BulbCam * Galleries * Networks 2001 * Mythbusters * Cal Gold * Movies * Reuters * 2015 * 2014 * 2013 * 2011 * 2010 * 2004 * 2001 * 1972 * Books * 2015 Party * 2011 Party * 2001 Party * Recognitions * Guinness * Books * Movies * Art * Poetry * Sallys Corner * Museum * Chaillet * Shelby Items * Collectors * Annapolis Test * Sandia Test * Fire Dept * Heritage Guild * Competition * Visitors * Kids * Links * Facebook * Guestbook +-----------------+ . | | | See Mayor | Welcome to the homepage of the Centennial Bulb, the | Marchand's Bulb | Longest burning Light Bulb in history. Now in its 120th | Message | year of illumination. For those of you coming here for |[JMarchand1_pp_2]| the first time, feel free to explore the pages of our +-----------------+ amazing little bulb, with pictures, stories, facts, and history. A New Bulb Book! For all you first time visitors, check out our Visting +-----------------+ Hints page! Please read this if you are coming for the |Photo credit Doug| first time, as it should answer many of your questions. |Jorgensen of | Also while you are here, please ask to see the |Livermore | "multi-bulb display" lit up, (you can see a 100 year old |Independant | Shelby Bulb up close too). +-----------------+ 2021 The Bulb Goes to Martin Kykta writes an article about the light bulb the Fair! titled, The Mystery of the Centennial Bulb: an Incandescent Light Bulb(c). Martin is President of MAK +-----------------+ Electro-Optics. He is a physicist with a Ph.D. from the |[bulb-fair-s] | University of Texas at Austin. He has worked in the +-----------------+ semiconductor, optics and display industry for more than 30 years. He has worked on LED, liquid crystal, CRT, FED Bulb Replicas At and MEM technology and printed electronics. He also has Last! worked on many patents and has written articles on display related technology. He is a member of OSA, SPIE +-----------------+ and SID organizations. |[ctb-bulbrite-s] | +-----------------+ 2020 Visiting Hours: Fran Blanche posted a YouTube video titled "120 Year Old Shelby Light Bulb - Still Working!!", in November of +-----------------+ 2020. You can view it here. | Every day | | 10:00 a.m. - | 2017 | 11:30 a.m. | In terms of bulb activities, it was a very quiet year. It |3:00 p.m. - 5:00 | had the normal amount of curious visitors, and a few tv | p.m. | crews drop by, but it's 116th year was just a slow warm | when on-duty | glow. | personnel are | | available. | * Filming of the Inside Edition Show on 7-12-2017. | | * Click Here to see the show, & here to see a funny | See the Visting | clip. | Hints page | * A Photoshoot for Ampoule Journal on 6-22-2017. | for more | | information. | 2016 +-----------------+ A new display case was finished below the bulb by the Firefighters at the station. The New Bulbcam, a Sony, was put up and has been sending out pictures twice as big, sharp, and clear! Thank you Don Peters. * Filming of Mysteries at the Museum Show on 11-14-2016 Photo Shoot. * Online PBS Show "Good Stuff" on 5-24-2016: 2015 We Celebrated the One Million Hour Party! As in 2001, and 2011, the Centennial Light Bulb reached another milestone of 1,000,000 hours! Good times were had by all at Fire Station 6 in Livermore, CA with food, fun, and history in the making. Click 1 Million Hours Bulb to see a web page showing the day. Also click here Bulbcam page to see the party from the Bulb's perspective. * "This Light Bulb Has Been Burning for 115 Years!" 2014 At the beginning of 2014; Livermore has officially taken the Bulb under it's wing, and plans are under way to create a new display under the Bulb, and on the wall, a new look at the Bulbcam, and a re-invention of this website. Stay tuned for lots of changes. * French Film Crew 6-11-2014 * ABC World News 10-5-2014 2013 The Bulb is Still Alive! After being Off for over 10 hours on the morning of May 20, 2013, Retired Asst. Chief Tom Bramell called the Station Captain and bypassed the UPS generator, and it Worked! See some pictures of the Bulb off on the Bulbcam page. To see the story by Juliette Goodrich, go to World's Longest Running Lightbulb Goes Out In Livermore. * Light Bulb Film: German Film Company MaximusFilm.de 9-17-2013 * Livermore Light Bulb: Fresh One Productions from London, England 10-15-2013 --------------------------------------------------------- Steve Bunn, former webmaster who established this website, and member of the Centinnial Bulb committee visited the North Fort Worth Historical Society museum in Fort Worth, Texas. He was able to see a younger sister bulb and visit with the NFWHS committee. You can see pictures of his visit here: Palace Bulb At last an answer to the most often asked question about the Bulb! (Next to why is it still burning). The question being, how much did the Bulb cost when it was sold? You can find the answer by following this link to an advertisement page aquired of the Lockwood, Luetkemeyer, and Henry Co Catalog. Christopher Leps directed a 45 minute documentary on the light bulb called, "Century of Light" available to watch at https://vimeo.com/113518437!! Our intrepid photographer Dick Jones has been a major contributor to many of the photos on this website. He has just made his first book named Aerial Photography, and is in the process of making another based on his mothers poetry, soon to be released. Juliett Goodrich has also released a new children's book, in 2012, named I Am Special Because I Smile, which is about the Special Olympics. A new unique Shelby Light Bulb was found sealed in a wall of Adolph Chailett's home in Shelby, Ohio!!! Please follow this link to Tom Clabaugh's page, A light from our distant past. Or go to the articles page to read the Shelby Globe, as donated by Tom Sutter, an old Shaggy Shelbian. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A few newer pages you might find of interest are: | | | | | | * A new Guinness Records page with Dick Jones photo, & | | | Chris Leps movie "Century of Light"! Good Stuff on May | | | 24, 2016, or the show HERE. | | | * Behind the scenes pictures of filming the PBS Show | | | Good Stuff on May 24, 2016, or the show HERE. | | | * ONE MILLION HOURS OF SERVICE | | | PARTY!!! JUNE 27, 2015. | Bulb Books! | | * Where to buy Tom Bramells new book One Million Hours of | | | Service. | by Nolan, Bramell, & Goodrich | | * Some things to inspire us, Poetry by Livermore's Poet | | | Laurettes on the Poetry Page, and a new poster of the |+---------------------------------+| | bulb by local artist, Mitch Millar, on the Art page. || [fhl-cover-s] || | * A place to express thanks, and buy souvenirs the ||---------------------------------|| | Firefighters Foundation Page. || [toms-book-s] [book-frnt-s] || | * A place to buy Shelby Replicas at Bulbrite. |+---------------------------------+| | * Historian Sally Maier's guided tour of Shelby, Ohio's | +------------+ | | Museum. | |[fhb15s] | | | * Professor Deborah Katz Shelby Bulb tests of Annapolis | +------------+ | | Physics Dept. | LYNN OWENS MEMORIAL | | * Doctor Bernice E. Mills Shelby Bulb tests of Sandia | | | National Labs California | | | * "World's longest-lasting light bulb turns 110, | | | Challenges trend in throw-away devices" - by Mike Dunstan| | | * Dick Jones movie of the 100th birthday party. | | | * Lynn Owen's guided tour of Livermore's Old Fire Stations.| | | * Pictures of the Firehouse Mural | | | * A new children's picture book, The Firehouse Light | | | * MythBusters episode No. 69 | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Click to purchase the movie in Brought to you by the Centennial Light Bulb Committee, English. a partnership of: Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, [poster-o] Livermore Heritage Guild, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Click here to see behind the and Sandia National Laboratories. scenes of the movie and find it in other languages. [comittes] To meet us, and see our quiet 112th celebration click the thumbnail above. # # # # # # # # # # # # Home | Facts | Photos | Articles | Party | Awards | Book | Friends | Timeline | Links | Contacts | Guest Book For information on our city try these links. +---------------------------------------------------+ |[liv-logo] | +---------------------------------------------------+ Livermore Fire Dept. 1967 If you'd like to see the light bulb firsthand come to: Fire Station #6 4550 East Ave. Livermore, CA Recommended viewing time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. For more info please contact us at: centennialbulb@hotmail.com Maintained by LP Firefighter Foundation