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Edison worker installing underground tubing and wiring during the installation of the Pearl Street Station in New York City, 1882
Edison Electric Light Company1882/1882
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
An unnamed Edison employee stands in a ditch dug to lay underground wire in lower Manhattan for Edison's first large scale electric utility at Pearl Street Station.
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- Title: Edison worker installing underground tubing and wiring during the installation of the Pearl Street Station in New York City, 1882
- Creator: Edison Electric Light Company
- Date Created: 1882/1882
- Location: New York City, New York
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Original Language: English
- Subject Keywords: Thomas Edison, Power plants, Inventions, Power lines, Employees
- Type: Photograph
- Publisher: General Electric Company
- Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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