
The Bowery Boys: Electric New York
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Electricity in the Middle of New York
Edison fanly got permission to build an actual power grid of city blocks and to electrify new york. He ended up settling on two much smaller buildings that were at two 57 pearl street. This is near skirmerhorn row, by the way, to day's south street seaport. And morgan was pretty happy with his electric experience, although his neighbors were not really very pleased,. because he had to have his own private generatora general loud, yes, it was.
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