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Electricity & Grid Pioneers

Gathers the historical-figure entities profiled for their role in developing electrical power generation, transmission and distribution, including the scientists and engineers behind alternating and direct current systems and the builders of early power grids, such as Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. Each entry covers a specific individual rather than a technology, a utility company or the grid itself, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.

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1. Pearl Street Station - Wikipedia
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it started generating electricity on September 4, 1882 (144 years ago) (1882-09-04), serving an initial load of 400 lamps to 82 customers.
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