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How the world’s first electric grid was built

29 pointsby zdwlast Friday at 2:29 PM2 commentsview on HN

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detourdogtoday at 9:41 PM

I think Great Barrington, MA. might also be able to claim the title of first. It seems to predate this system by a year.

https://www.edisontechcenter.org/GreatBarrington.html

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floathubtoday at 9:45 PM

The power generated from Niagara river stations was traveling on an international "grid" between Canada and the US in the late 1890s.