First house lit by hydroelectricity (Cragside)
Primera casa iluminada con hidroelectricidad (Cragside)
- Date
- 1878 · confidence high
- Place
- Rothbury, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- William Armstrong
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
Armstrong installed at his country house Cragside a water turbine driving a dynamo to power lamps; in 1880 he replaced the arc lamps with Swan incandescent bulbs. It was the world's first house lit by hydroelectric power.
The arc lamp ran in 1878; full incandescent lighting dates from 1880.
What it led to
- early 1880s hydroelectric stations
- domestic electric lighting
- the culture of the electrified home