21 AUG--This Day in US Military History

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:44:24 -0400

1883 – The first installation of electric lights in a US Navy warship took place during the summer of 1883.

Earlier that spring, seven electric power companies were asked by the Bureau of Navigation to submit bids for installing lights in USS Trenton, then currently berthed at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn. Only one, the Edison Company for Isolated Lighting, submitted a bid of $5,500 to install one L dynamo & one Armington-Sims engine complete to supply light via insulated wiring to 104 16-candle power lamps, 130 10-candle power lamps, and 4 32-candle power lamps. The ensuing contract also included 238 key sockets, 6 extra brushes, 1 automatic regulator and 1 dynamo foundation.
Lieutenant.Commander. R. B. Bradford, executive officer of the ship, oversaw the installation of this equipment in Trenton between 7 June and 21 August 1883. Owing to the need to maintain the engine and dynamo, the system was only run at night.

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Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 22 at 2015 10:45 AM

Col Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:45:04 -0400

Thanks for sharing! Awesome news!