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4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-09-03 21:05:43
Description: Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New York. Edison created his incandescent light bulb in October 1879, and was quick to realise that he also had to develop a system to generate and distribute the required electricity to consumers. Having successfully installed a number of smaller private systems in both the United States and Britain, Edison bought two adjoining commercial buildings on Pearl Street in the area known as the First District in New York to house his commercial power plant. Installing the six dynamos and their coal-powered reciprocating steam engines was a significant technical challenge, ...
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