Historedia
Group or institution

Edison Illuminating Company

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1882–1884

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Edison Illuminating Company, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Edison's Pearl Street Station opens

    1882–1884

    Role: Building Entity

    1. 1882-09-04 · Pearl Street StationSwitch-On of Pearl Street Station

      Edison's Pearl Street Station was switched on in New York City on September 4, 1882, providing 110 volts DC to an initial load of 400 lamps for 82 customers.

    2. 1884 · First DistrictExpansion of Service

      By 1884, Pearl Street Station served 508 customers with over 10,000 lamps.

Sources

  1. Pearl Street Station Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-26
  2. Thomas Edison Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04