Documents in Year 1888
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Grover Cleveland, Twenty-second U.S. President
(1885-1889)
Technology:
The Men Who Built America (Electricity)
"America's advancement in the last three decades is staggering. Railroads (Vanderbilt) have replaced wagon trails to
unite the nation. And the Country's cities stand tall on steel (Carnegie). First kerosene (Rockefeller) transformed the night and
now electricity (Edison/Morgan) is about to light homes from coast
to coast."
Edison financed by JP Morgan is providing DC electricity for New
York City. Tesla finds an investor for his AC electricity with
George Westinghouse. "Tesla travels the Country showing AC
pulsing through him. The successful demonstrations have orders
for Westinghouse power stations pouring in."
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