First US alternating-current system at Great Barrington
Primera red de corriente alterna de EE. UU. en Great Barrington
- Date
- 1886 · confidence high
- Place
- Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
- Credited to
- William Stanley Jr. (for Westinghouse)
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
With closed-core transformers designed by Stanley, a 500 V-to-3000 V line lit offices and shops in town in March 1886. It was the test bed for Westinghouse's alternating-current system.
What it led to
- Westinghouse's commercial AC system
- the war of the currents with Edison
- commercial power transformers