Electric Street Lighting
Grid-powered lamps, poles, wiring, switches, maintenance crews, and municipal contracts for nighttime public lighting.
Core metadata
- ID: electric_street_lighting
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1882 (exact)
- Region: New York City, United States
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Central Station Power (central_station_power)
- Electrical Lighting Systems (electrical_lighting_systems)
- Urban Mass Transit Networks (urban_mass_transit_networks)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Milestones:Pearl Street Station, 1882 (Engineering and Technology History Wiki, 2026, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: ETHW states that Edison's Pearl Street Station began supplying electricity to customers in New York's First District on September 4, 1882, commercializing electric lighting from a central station.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Lighting Systems (electrical_lighting_systems) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Electrical Lighting Systems provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Central Station Power (central_station_power) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Central Station Power provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Urban Mass Transit Networks (urban_mass_transit_networks) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Urban Mass Transit Networks provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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