This company was organized on December 17, 1880, to construct generating stations in New York City. Its first central station, located on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan, opened on September 4, 1882. The company was the prototype for other local illuminating companies that were established in the United States during the 1880s.
The EdisonIlluminatingCompany was established by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City.
The company was the prototype for other local illuminatingcompanies that were established in the United States during the 1880s:
The EdisonIlluminatingCompany was purchased by Consolidated Gas some time between 1899 and 1901, subsequently the company became known as Consolidated Edison, a name which it has kept since 1936.
The Edison Electric IlluminatingCompany of New York was incorporated on December 17, 1880, to develop and install a central generating station.
Edison's system would consist of the large central power plant with its generators (called dynamos); voltage regulating devices; copper wires connecting the plant to other buildings; the wiring, switches, and fixtures in the interiors of those buildings; and the light bulbs themselves.
Across the East River, the Edison Electric IlluminatingCompany of Brooklyn was incorporated in 1887 and was soon competing with Kings County Electric Light.
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