5/3/2024
5/3/2024
Landmark information
- Location:
Traffic island on N side of Market St between Bush and Battery Sts, San Francisco - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
8/6/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/3/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 47.484, W 122 23.918
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Liberty Bell Slot Machine
Charles August Fey began inventing and manufacturing slot machines in 1894. Fey pioneered many innovations of coin operated gaming devices in his San Francisco workshop at 406 Market Street, including the original three reel bell slot machine in 1898. The international popularity of the bell slot machine attests to Fey's ingenuity as an enterprising inventor whose basic design of the three reel slot machine continues to be used in mechanical gaming devices today.