1SG Private RallyPoint Member 910337 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-56913"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F21-aug-this-day-in-us-military-history%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=21+AUG--This+Day+in+US+Military+History&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2F21-aug-this-day-in-us-military-history&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0A21 AUG--This Day in US Military History%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/21-aug-this-day-in-us-military-history" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="81f7a4b2b3af727bf912a206f956f1ff" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/056/913/for_gallery_v2/9aba01dc.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/056/913/large_v3/9aba01dc.jpg" alt="9aba01dc" /></a></div></div>1883 – The first installation of electric lights in a US Navy warship took place during the summer of 1883. <br /><br />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 &amp; 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. <br />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.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2005/08/21/august-21/">https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2005/08/21/august-21/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/020/524/qrc/blank.jpg?1443052273"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2005/08/21/august-21/">August 21</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">21 August 1680 - Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa Fe, N.M., after driving out the Spanish. They destroyed almost all of the Spanish churches in Taos and Santa Fe. 1778 - The Siege of Pondich...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-08-22T10:44:24-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 910337

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