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THBEdison Electric Company, First President Charles L. Clarke's Personal Report of the Board of Directors, November 1882
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Report of the Board of Directors to the Stockholders of the Edison Company for Isolated Lighting made at their first annual meeting November 21st 1882, 14pp, 8.5 x 14 in. Includes 10pp typed report, plus 4pp imprint outlining isolated plants that were installed as well as those in progress of installation in the United States. Acquired from the personal papers of Charles L. Clarke.
Important early document produced within the first year of operation of the Edison Company for Isolated Lighting, the precursor to General Electric.
The company, which began as the Bureau of Isolated Lighting of the Edison Electric Light Company, started operating as a separate company in November 1881. It sold small generating plants for the lighting of individual homes, businesses, and factories, thus making electricity more widely available to the masses. On December 31, 1886, the company was absorbed by the Edison Electric Light Company. Thomas Edison did not consolidate his interests until 1890, making the document offered here an extremely early report for the mega corporation that became General Electric.
Charles L. Clarke (1853-1941) began his career in engineering as an assistant engineer with the Boston & Maine railroad. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1875, and, five years later, served as an assistant to Thomas Edison in his laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey. In 1886, Clarke became chief engineer of Edison Electric Light Co. in New York City and continued to consult and work for General Electric until he retired on November 1, 1931.
Condition
Some toning of the paper and wear at the bottom margins.
Repairs to pierced areas of panels.
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