Edison Illuminating Company

The Edison Illuminating Company was organized on by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations in New York City. Its first central station, located on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan, opened on September 4, 1882. The company was the prototype for other local illuminating companies that were established in the United States during the 1880s.

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Thomas Edison - December 17 - 1880 - New York City - Manhattan - September 4 - 1882 - Prototype - United States - 1880s

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The Edison Illuminating Company was purchased by Consolidated Gas some time between 1899 and 1901, subsequently the company became known as Consolidated Edison, a name which it has kept in 1936.

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1899 - 1901 - Consolidated Edison - 1936

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