Lighting in history

Associate Editor, History. The investors and pioneers of electrical systems are well documented, but little has been written about those entrepreneurs who brought electric power within the reach of the general public.

Telegraph.co.ukLondon in the Eighteenth Century by Jerry White: reviewTelegraph.co.ukGirding himself for a tour de force in his third and arguably finest history dedicated to a century in London (having already done the 19th and 20th), Jerry White...

Transformed the appearance of the city in 1870, when public lighting was held (the gas) in the streets, was built Central Station, from which the trains to the city of Yokohama and from there to other parts of the country.

With the advent of street lighting, however, socialising at night began to filter down through the classes.

As shown in a full-color concept painting by Imagineer Sam McKim, the entrance to this suburban addition would resemble a gated community with two red brick pillars supporting a curved all electric sign saying “Edison Square.” There would be a...