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- Group Portrait of Alfred O. Tate and Others at the Franklin Institute, December 3, 1935 -
- December 03, 1935
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Group Portrait of Alfred O. Tate and Others at the Franklin Institute, December 3, 1935
- General Electric Generator in Fordlandia's Powerhouse, Brazil, 1933 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- February 01, 1933
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General Electric Generator in Fordlandia's Powerhouse, Brazil, 1933
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- The "Jumbo" Dynamo in Its Original Setting, Edison's Pearl Street Lighting Station, New York, New York, circa 1890 - Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. This was the first engine-generator to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation, it is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
- circa 1890
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The "Jumbo" Dynamo in Its Original Setting, Edison's Pearl Street Lighting Station, New York, New York, circa 1890
Edison's successful lighting experiments at his Menlo Park laboratory in 1879 bore fruit in the practical system he put into operation in New York City, at the center of which was the Pearl Street power station. This was the first engine-generator to go online providing power to customers on September 4th, 1882. The sole surviving engine-generator from that installation, it is now displayed at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Edison Machine Works, Goerck Street, New York, New York, 1881 - In 1881, Thomas Edison formed the Edison Machine Works to produce dynamos that would generate the electricity used to light homes and businesses outfitted with his newly invented incandescent lamps. In addition to making direct current generators, Edison Machine Works employees designed, and tested new equipment. Nikola Tesla worked there for six months in 1884 before leaving to develop an alternating current arc lighting system.
- 1881
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Edison Machine Works, Goerck Street, New York, New York, 1881
In 1881, Thomas Edison formed the Edison Machine Works to produce dynamos that would generate the electricity used to light homes and businesses outfitted with his newly invented incandescent lamps. In addition to making direct current generators, Edison Machine Works employees designed, and tested new equipment. Nikola Tesla worked there for six months in 1884 before leaving to develop an alternating current arc lighting system.
- Article from Scientific American, "The Edison Electric Lighting Station," August 26, 1882 -
- August 26, 1882
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Article from Scientific American, "The Edison Electric Lighting Station," August 26, 1882
- Edison Dynamo, Type Z, circa 1882 - After Thomas Edison's successful experimentation with electricity generation and transmission, he began production of equipment to meet a variety of users' electrical power needs. Edison's Type Z direct-current dynamos, built at the Edison Machine Works in New York City, were among the earliest manufactured for commercial use. The Harding Jones Paper Company installed this dynamo, serial number 13, at its facilities in Middletown, Ohio.
- circa 1882
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Edison Dynamo, Type Z, circa 1882
After Thomas Edison's successful experimentation with electricity generation and transmission, he began production of equipment to meet a variety of users' electrical power needs. Edison's Type Z direct-current dynamos, built at the Edison Machine Works in New York City, were among the earliest manufactured for commercial use. The Harding Jones Paper Company installed this dynamo, serial number 13, at its facilities in Middletown, Ohio.
- L Type Edison Dynamo at the Sunbury, Pennsylvania Edison Illuminating Company, 1883 -
- 1883
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L Type Edison Dynamo at the Sunbury, Pennsylvania Edison Illuminating Company, 1883