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- Plaque at the Site of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company's 1882 Pearl Street Station, New York City -
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Plaque at the Site of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company's 1882 Pearl Street Station, New York City
- "Electrical Apparatus and Supplies for Isolated Plants," June 2, 1902 - Companies that built and sold equipment to generate, distribute, and monitor electric power created product literature to sell their goods. In 1902, General Electric produced this catalog for companies that decided to install onsite power stations. General Electric was formed when two of the leading manufacturing companies of electrical equipment--Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Company--merged in 1892.
- June 02, 1902
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"Electrical Apparatus and Supplies for Isolated Plants," June 2, 1902
Companies that built and sold equipment to generate, distribute, and monitor electric power created product literature to sell their goods. In 1902, General Electric produced this catalog for companies that decided to install onsite power stations. General Electric was formed when two of the leading manufacturing companies of electrical equipment--Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Company--merged in 1892.
- "Niagara Power on the Street Railways of Buffalo & Vicinity," March 6, 1901 -
- March 06, 1901
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"Niagara Power on the Street Railways of Buffalo & Vicinity," March 6, 1901
- Highland Park Plant Engine- Generator, 1915-1916 - Ford's Model T mass production system would not have been practical without electricity; by 1919 nine of these Ford-designed hybrid internal combustion/steam engines generated the power needed by the Highland Park plant's assembly lines and associated machinery. By 1926 the engines were rendered obsolete when electricity was fed from the power plant at Ford's River Rouge plant ten miles away.
- 1915-1916
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Highland Park Plant Engine- Generator, 1915-1916
Ford's Model T mass production system would not have been practical without electricity; by 1919 nine of these Ford-designed hybrid internal combustion/steam engines generated the power needed by the Highland Park plant's assembly lines and associated machinery. By 1926 the engines were rendered obsolete when electricity was fed from the power plant at Ford's River Rouge plant ten miles away.