Talk:Pearl Street Station

It appaears that the first electrical power plant was installed in Godalming in Britain. --Sean Brunnock 20:41, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes that is a correct statement of the facts, but the article goes on to say that the Pearl Street Station was the second in the world. This I am afraid is not so. Edison also built a plant in London near to Holborn Viaduct which was generating and supplying electricity to a number of customers in early January 1882. In February 1882 Hammond in Brighton started generating electricity to a number of consumers. When the Pearl Street Station began generating in September 1882, it was the fourth in the world if we are to keep things in a chronological order. --Aquizard 00:17, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

What about the California Electric Company power plant built in 1879 mentioned here? Donpayette (talk) 00:51, 12 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I read the reference, it seems to be correct, and I've edited the article to reflect the Pearl Street Station being hte first commercial power plant in New York City rather than in the US.
 * Engineering in History, by Richard SHelton Kirby, pp. 357-358 "In the meantime the newly formed California Electric light Company had opened in September, 1879, a little experimental pwoer plant consisting of three Brush generators, to sell electricity for arc-lamp illumination to customers in San Francisco. Within a year the increasing demand for electricity not only proved the value of this experimental plant but made necessary the construction of a larger plant. These two plants were the first "central stations" for supplying electricity commercially. The development of central stations and subsequently of interconnecting high-voltage transmission networks are among the most significant aspects of electric power for modern society." AquaticOnWiki (talk) 00:51, 24 January 2024 (UTC)