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Electric Companies & Electricity


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ELECTRIC COMPANIES & ELECTRICITY IN WHEELING


Electricity Firsts in Wheeling:

➤ Incandescent Light Comes to Wheeling, 1887 (Intelligencer article)
➤ First Electric Street Car in Wheeling, 1888 (Intelligencer article)
➤ Municipal Electric Street Lights Come to Wheeling, 1892 (History of Greater Wheeling and Vicinity article, Wingerter, 1912)
➤ Lights First Turned On, April 23, 1892 (Intelligencer article)
➤ Lights Turned on for First Time at Fairgrounds, August 20, 1892 (Intelligencer article)


Electric Companies:

➤ Wheeling Electrical Company
➤ Wheeling Electric Company


Electric Power Plants:

➤ 42nd Street Plant
➤ John B. Garden Sub-station


Electric Streetcars:

➤ See Transportation > Streetcars

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