Edison Underground Central Station System
1882 — 1917
In a building on this site an electric plant supplying the first Edison Underground Central Station system in this country and forming the origin of New York's present electrical system began operation on September 4, 1882 according to plans conceived and executed by
Thomas Alva Edison
To commerate an epoch-making event this tablet is erected by The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and The New York Edison Company.
Courtesy hmdb.org
