The first central stations that supplied electricity to customers in the 1880s and 1890s, including Pearl Street Station in New York, Holborn Viaduct in London, the Vulcan Street hydroelectric plant at Appleton and the alternating current system at Niagara Falls. A milestone belongs here when its cited article describes an early power plant or generating system. It excludes the inventions of lamps and turbines that made such stations possible.
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Wikipedia: Pearl Street Station
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Pearl Street Station was Thomas Edison's first commercial power plant in the United States.
Wikipedia: Holborn Viaduct Power Station
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Holborn Viaduct power station, named the Edison Electric Light Station, was the world's first coal-fired power station generating electricity for public use.
Wikipedia: Adams Power Plant Transformer House
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Adams Power Plant Transformer House in Niagara Falls, New York is a National Historic Landmark constructed in 1895.
Wikipedia: Vulcan Street Plant
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The plant was built on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, and put into operation on September 30, 1882.
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