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1881: The Public
Hydroelectric System in
Godalming, England
In 1881, the small town of Godalming,
England, began providing customers
with electric lighting from a small central station owned by Siemens Brothers and Company of London. A small
dynamo driven by a waterwheel on
a river (Figure 5) powered arc lamps
in streetlights and indoor incandescent lights. Godalming reverted to
gas lighting in 1884, when Siemens
Brothers announced that it could no
longer continue offering electric service unless more customers signed
up and the local gas company lowered prices.
1880-1902: The Public
Hydroelectric System in
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Back to 1880. Hydroelectric power in
Grand Rapids started out on a very
small scale but grew steadily. The
Grand Rapids Daily Eagle of 26 July
1880 reported the following:
The Electric Light - Grand Rapids has the electric light as a permanent feature. As expected Saturday afternoon, Sweet's Hotel,
the [E. S. Pierce's] Great Wardrobe, Spring & Company's [dry
goods store], A. Preusser [jewelry store], the Arcade [restaurant
and beer hall], the Star Clothing
House and the Wolverine Furniture Factory were lighted with
sixteen of Brush's electric lights,
put in by the Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Company.
The light was a grand success,
strong, steady, white, and uniform. It called thousands of
people out to the streets and into
places lighted by it, and was admired and enjoyed by all. Some
complained that it was too bright
and made their eyes ache, dazzled them; but such had looked
directly at the light. When they
become more accustomed to the
light they will not think of gazing at the lanterns any more than
they do at the sun. The dynamogenerator which furnishes the
electricity is the Brush patent,
and is located in the Wolverine
company's factory, where it is
propelled by water power. It will
furnish eighteen lanterns.
The factory of the Wolverine Chair
and Furniture Company is the red
structure on the right in Figure 6. The
Brush light was an arc lamp and, as
such, too bright for comfortably illuminating small indoor environments.
Edison had demonstrated practical
incandescent electric lighting on 31
December 1879 and installed such
lighting on the cruise ship S.S. Columbia in April 1880, but it was not yet
generally available in July 1880.
The 1880 U.S. census reported that
the population of Grand Rapids was
figure 5. The hydroelectric plant in Godalming, England, in 1881. [Source: The Graphic (London) of 12 November 1881.]
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