In 1882 this U.S. inventor opened a steam-powered electricity generating station
When Thomas Edison opened the United States's first central power plant in ... 
Four coal-fired burners provided the steam energy necessary to turn the ... Pearl 
Street Station (1882): 600 kilowattsenough electricity to light... [DOC] [TLE] Edison's Pearl Street Station Recognized With Milestone - IEEE ... [PAR] Jul 27, 2011 ... IEEE honors the world's first central power station.