Pearl Street Power Play

What: The first centralized power plant
When: 1882
Where: Mid-200s block of Pearl Street; now 40 Fulton Street
Jul 17, 2012 | Categories: All stories, Consolidation (1855-1897), Financial District, Scientists & Institutions, Technology & Engineering | Tags: alternating current, Current Wars, direct current, electricity, General Electric, Nikola Tesla, Pearl Street, Pearl Street Station, Thomas Edison | Leave A Comment »