Around about Christmas 1879 a certain prominent person installed electric lighting in his home in Porchester Gardens using a battery of Grove Cells. This was not a very successful power source so a portable generator was then used.
It is generally accepted that William Armstrong was the first to install lighting, in Cragside just outside Rothbury, dates vary from 1878 to 1880 depending on lamp definition.
It is generally accepted that William Armstrong was the first to install lighting, in Cragside just outside Rothbury, dates vary from 1878 to 1880 depending on lamp definition.
