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