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.
I suspect that the Cragside installation could reasonably be regarded as the first successful and permanent electric lighting installation with numerous lamps in different rooms.
The handful of earlier ones are in my view tests or experiments, rather than a permanent installation.
I suspect that the Cragside installation could reasonably be regarded as the first successful and permanent electric lighting installation with numerous lamps in different rooms.
The handful of earlier ones are in my view tests or experiments, rather than a permanent installation.
