Edison "Jumbo" Dynamo at the Pearl Street Lighting Station, New York, New York, 1882
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Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation was the first to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. It is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation was the first to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. It is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1882
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.1769
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10.000 in
Inscriptions
on front: The Edison Central Station Dynamo for 1200 Sixteen Candle Power Lamps
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