Kansas City Crossroads: The Night the Lights Went On
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Kansas City Crossroads: The Night the Lights Went On
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Photo and description of the introduction of electric lights to Kansas City in 1882 by "young Kansas City scientist Edwin Weeks," founder of "the Kawsmouth Electric Light Co," eventually renamed as the Kansas City Power & Light Company.
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Creator: Lee, Kate
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2001-03
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Greater Kansas City Business
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Even though he had invented the light bulb in 1879, Thomas Edison hadn't yet developed all the necessary equipment to generate electricity for multiple sites from a central source. Thanks to 25-year-old Edwin Weeks, Kansas City was one of the first cities in the country to do that, turning on the lights commercially for 11 merchants, a druggist and a saloonkeeper. The date was May 13, 1882.
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q330.9778 K16g
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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