As we have already seen, Edison did not stop with making the electric bulb; he also came up with a whole system to reach electric power to homes. That is how the Edison Illuminating Company of New York came to be, in 1880. The company constructed generating stations in New York City, and its first central station started to function in Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan on September 4, 1882. The other local illuminating companies that came up in the United States at that time were modelled after it. In 1901, the Edison Illuminating Company joined with the New York Gas & Electric Light, Heat & Power Company, forming the New York Edison Company. It was later renamed as Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
The Edison General Electric Company was founded in 1889. It was formed by merging three companies of Edison that made electric light, with the Edison Electric Light Company. Later, it acquired the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company, and then merged with the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, and ultimately became the General Electric Company – one of the most famous names in the electrical industry.
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