Alex Dow, President of Detroit Edison, at the 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Street Power Plant, 1932

THF253772 / Alex Dow, President of Detroit Edison, at the 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Street Power Plant, 1932

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

04 September 1932

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

2005.0.32.12

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Radio broadcasting Anniversaries Dow, Alex, 1862-1942 Detroit Edison Company Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Street Station (1932)

Artifact
Edison Jumbo Dynamo, 1882
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. This is the sole surviving engine-generator from that installation, and it was the first to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882.