On January 19, 1883, the first electrical system began work at Rosell, New Jersey.
As part of an experiment to prove that an entire community could be lit by electricity from a shared, essential generating system, Thomas Edison used the Rosell community to prove that electrifying a town could be done. He set up a steam-driven generator that sent electricity through the wire strung overhead to a store, the town’s railway depot, about forty houses, and one hundred and fifty street lights.
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