Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric light plants
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Central Electric Light and Power Stations
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric light plants
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Central Electric Light and Power Stations, 1902
Author: United States Bureau of the CensusPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022782402
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This informative report provides a detailed overview of central electric light and power stations in 1902. An essential read for anyone interested in the history of energy production and distribution. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Central Electric Light and Power Stations
Author: Edmond Earl LincolnPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781348187981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Ties That Bind
Author: Charles JacobsonPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822970554
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
In the early days of utility development, municipalities sought to shape the new systems in a variety of ways even as private firms struggled to retain control and fend off competition. In scope and consequence, some of the battles dwarfed the contemporary one between local jurisdictions and cable companies over broadband access to the Internet. In this comparative historical study, Jacobson draws upon economic theory to shed light on relationships between technology, market forces, and problems of governance that have arisen in connection with different utility networks over the past two hundred years. He focuses on water, electric, and cable television utility networks and on experiences in four major American cities -- Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh, arguing that information and transactions costs have played decisive roles in determining how different ownership and regulatory arrangements have functioned in different situations.Using primary sources and bold conceptualizations, Jacobson begins his study by examining the creation of centralized water systems in the first half of the nineteenth century, moves to the building of electric utilities from the 1880s to the 1980s, and concludes with an analysis of cable television franchising from the 1960s to the 1980s. Ties That Bind addresses highly practical questions of how to make ownership, regulatory, and contracting arrangements work better and also explores broader concerns about private monopoly and the role of government in society.
Sixteen Years at the University of Illinois
Author: Edmund Janes JamesCentral Electric Light and Power Stations, 1902
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric light plants
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Central Electric Light and Power Stations, 1902
Author: United States. Census OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric light plants
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Palazzos of Power
Author: Aaron V. WunschPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616895624
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
"If it isn't Electric, it isn't Modern." Such was the slogan of the Philadelphia Electric Company, developer of an unprecedented network of massive metropolitan power stations servicing greater Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. These once-brilliant sentinels of civic utility and activity were designed to convey "solidity and immensity" in an age of deep public skepticism. They now stand vacant and decaying, a "blight" in the eyes of city planners and a beacon to urban explorers. The first book on the buildings and machines that made possible the electrification of the United States, Palazzos of Power offers a visual and analytical exploration of architecture, technology, place, loss, and reuse. With a foreword by David Nye, this collection of Joseph Elliott's beautiful large-format photographs reveal the urban landscape, monumental spaces, giant machinery, and intricate controls that made up the central station. Aaron Wunsch's essay provides historical context on the social and political climate.
Global Electrification
Author: William J. HausmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521880350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This book examines how multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the course of electrification around the world. Multinational enterprises played a crucial role in the spread of electric light and power from the 1870s through the first three decades of the twentieth century. Their role did not persist, as over time they exited through "domestication" (buy-outs, confiscations, or other withdrawals), so that by 1978 multinational enterprises in this sector had all but disappeared, replaced by electrical utility providers with national business structures. Yet, in recent years, there has been a vigorous revival. This book, a unique cooperative effort by the three authors and a group of experts from many countries, offers a fresh analysis of the history of multinational enterprise, taking an integrative approach, not simply comparing national electrification experiences, but supplying a truly global account.
Western Electrician
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description