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1831 Michael Faraday experimented with Electromagnetic induction
1837 The first practical electric truck was constructed in Aberdeen. It was later to be used on the
Edinburgh-Glasgow railway.
Developments of the Carbon Arc lamp.
1848 The national gallery in London was lit, lighthouse applications followed.
1871 Z.T. Gramme produced a dynamo, later adapted as the first commercial generator.
1878 A football match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, was lit under carbon-arc electric light.
Swann demonstrated the first incandescent filament electric lamp.
1879 Electric arc furnace for melting iron and steel constructed by Siemens.
Edison began large scale manufacture of the filament lamp
1880 The first house in the UK, lit by electric lamps in Gateshead
1881 Godalming in Surrey lit by electric street lamps in place of gas.
The first public supply of electricity (water power).
1882 Holborn Viaduct power station generated 110V DC, powered by steam, supplied both private
consumers and public lighting.
Sebastian Ferranti & Lord Kelvin pioneer early AC power technology including an early transformer.
Electric Lighting Act. Considered to be the start of the industry in the UK.
1884 Lucien Gaulard develops transformers and the power transmission system from Lanzo to Turino.
1885 George Westinghouse orders a Siemens alternator and a Gaulard & Gibbs transformer.
1886 William Stanley builds the worlds first full AC power system using step up & step down transformers.
1889 Electric tram service in Kent.
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovsky builds the first transformer and motor to work with his 3 phase AC system.
1890 Start of the underground tube system. The City and South London railway.
Ferranti designed a power station at Deptford. It generated AC, which was to become the norm.
1891 Electric tram service in Leeds.
1908 Electric vacuum cleaners in the USA.
1913 Neon lamps at a London cinema.
1917 Electric washing machines in the UK.
1918 Refrigerators in the USA.
1926 Electricity (supply) Act created a public corporation (the CEB) to link up selected Stations into a
National Grid. 132kV was to be the primary transmission, with 66kV and 33kV as secondary
transmissions.
The frequency of the AC was to be standardised to 50Hz.
1927 British standards for 2-pin sockets introduced.
1934 3-pin sockets standardised (2A, 5A, 15A were chosen).
1938 National control based in London operated the grid system.
1947 The supply industry of England & Wales was nationalised, 240V adopted as the UK Standard supply

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