Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Electric Light Works

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of Westbourne Bridge, Paddington, W.

1885 The arrangements for electrically lighting the general offices and hotel at Paddington Terminus, and the Royal Oak and Westbourne-Park Stations of the Great Western Railway with incandescent lamps, are being completed.[1]

1886 In response to an invitation issued by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company a large party of gentlemen assembled last night at the Paddington Station of the Great Western Railway to witness the installation of electric lighting at Paddington Station[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. London Evening Standard 04 April 1885
  2. St James's Gazette 18 May 1886