Edison's First Electrical Power System
The creation of the first electrical power
system had a major impact on the United States.
There had been many other electrical advancements before Edison created
the first electrical power system. On
August 26, 1895, water was diverted from Niagara Falls, New York, into two
turbines to produce electricity for running street cars and street lights
twenty miles away in Buffalo, New York.
Thomas Edison also supervised the construction of his own power station,
to power his new laboratory and used to power appliances such as the
incandescent bulb. These new power
stations were the beginning of today’s complex society. Edison also built the Pearl Street Station,
which on “4 September 1882, this power plant began providing light and power to
customers in a one-square-mile area” (DeWitt).
The construction of Edison’s new electrically powered laboratory helped
him accomplish even more.