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A Short History of Electric Light

by Frank Andrews

The Variety of Voltages in London c. 1910

Direct Current (DC) Suppliers Voltages
Barnes District Council 210
Battersea Borough Council

230

Bermondsey Borough Council 240
Bromley (Kent) Electric Lighting & Power Company 210

Charing Cross, West End and City Electric Supply Company;

West End Area

200
100 & 200
Chelsea Electricity Supply Company 200
Chiswick Electrical Supply Corporation 220

City of London Electric Lighting Company;  Northern Area

Southern Area

204
210

Hackney Borough Council

240
Hornsey Borough Council 240
Kensington & Knightsbridge Electric Light Company 200
Leyton District Council 150
Poplar Borough Council 230
Richmond (Surrey) Electric Lighting Company 220
St, James’ & Pall Mall Company 110 & 220
St. Marylebone Borough Council 240
St. Pancras Borough Council 110 & 220
Shoreditch Borough Council 150 & 240
Southwark Borough Council 220
Stepney Borough Council 240
Stoke Newington Borough Council 240
Westminster Electric Supply Company 200
Alternating Current (AC) Suppliers Voltages
Brompton & Kensington Electrical Supply Company 100
County of London Electric Supply Company 205
Ealing Corporation 105 & 210
Fulham Borough Council 200
Hammersmith Borough Council 110 & 220
Hampstead Borough Council 105 & 210
Islington Borough Council 100 & 200
Kensington & Knightsbridge & Notting Hill Companies 200
Kingston Upon Thames Borough Council 105
London Electric Supply Company 100 & 200
South London Electric Supply Company 220
South Metropolitan Electric Lighting and Power Company 200 & 100
Sutton South Metropolitan Electric Tramways Lighting Company 200
Tottenham North Metropolitan Electric Company 240
Suppliers of both AC & DC - Voltages
Metropolitan Electric Supply Company 100 & 200
Willesden (North Metropolitan Electric Company) 240

Woolwich Borough Council;     Woolwich and Plumstead Parishes

Eltham Parish

210 DC
220 AC

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