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The Electric Lighting Act 1882 ( 45 & 46 Vict. c. 56) received royal assent on 18 August 1882. The long title of the act is ‘An Act to facilitate and regulate the supply of Electricity for Lighting and other purposes in Great Britain and Ireland'.
The Liverpool (Corporation) Electric Lighting Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. ccxiii) was the first electric lighting act to be enacted in the UK, it gave the Liverpool Corporation powers to light streets by electricity.
This record is held by Southampton Archives Office. i. Electric Lighting Act 1882 45 & 46 Vict. ch. 56. ii. Electric Lighting Act 1888 51 & 52 Vict. ch. 12. iii. Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 62 & 63 Vict. ch. 19. iv. Electric Lighting Act 1909 9 Edw. VII ch. 34.
Sep 20, 2011 · It was Joseph Swan, an inventor from Sunderland, who developed the first practical lamp and led the way in early electrical lighting. Swan supplied arc lamps to light the Picture Gallery at Cragside in Northumberland in 1878, the first house to be lit by electricity, and for Mosely Street in Newcastle, the first electrically lit street in 1879.
Oct 29, 2018 · In 1881, the first public electricity generator in Britain was installed in Godalming, Surrey. The next year they passed the Electric Light Act which was the first public measure dealing with electricity supply.
Nov 6, 2017 · The first electric lights were developed in the late 1870s by different people across the world. In Britain, Joseph Swan led the charge. He installed his lights at Cragside House in Northumberland in 1878.
May 30th: The first electric street lights using the Jablochkoff candle were installed on the Avenue De l”Opera and the Place d’Etoile in Paris. 1879 The Liverpool (Corporation) Electric Lighting Act was the first electric lighting act to be enacted in the UK. It gave the Liverpool Corporation powers to light streets by electricity.
