The Adams-Bagnall Company was formed in the mid 1890′s by employees of the Brush/Swan incandescent plant who left Brush after the company was taken over by Thomson-Houston. If you look at photographs of city streets in the early 1900′s you will more than likely see an Adams-Bagnall lamp like those below. [...]

By Charles Brush

Yes, there were electric lights powered by central stations before Edison’s! Carbon arc lamps saw extensive use throughout the USA and the world from the late 1870s on. Due to their intense light they were not that practical for lighting small interior spaces. However even after the advent of the incandescent [...]