Willimantic Linen Co. Tests Electric Lights

Title

Willimantic Linen Co. Tests Electric Lights

Description

A.C. Dunham instructs William Barrows to purchase Charles Brush's Electric Arclight System for Mill Number Two. Several weeks later, Barrows and Dunham demonstrate the arc lighting system to dignitaries from all over the United States.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 53.

Date

1879-12

Contributor

hall_tyler

Mediator

horn_allen

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Willimantic Linen Co. Tests Electric Lights,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/782.