Southern California Edison and its predecessor companies have been powering the lives of Angelenos going back to late 1880s, ...

On December 22, 1882, Edward H. Johnson—an impressively mustachioed inventor and vice president at the Edison Electric Light Company—set up a holiday-themed display in his Manhattan home to ...

In February 1881, Thomas Edison established the headquarters of the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City. Edison's goal of electrifying Lower Manhattan had stalled for two years while ...

In 1883 Swan teamed up with Thomas Edison of the USA, who also had just made a successful electric light bulb.

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the first successful practical light bulb, created the very first strand of electric lights, which were strung around the outside of his Menlo Park Laboratory during ...

Bob Burrell of Chelmsford, Essex, holds the keys to the only remaining Edison electric car and, for almost half a century, that vehicle languished in a London Garage. Now, after eight years of ...

1835: First constant electric light demonstrated James ... 1882: Developing the lighting system Thomas Edison focused on the entire lighting grid, showing that it was possible to distribute ...

Tracing New York’s Electrification Journey On September 4, 1882, a significant chapter in the history of electricity began ...