First Underground Central Station

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 Sept.4.1882

according to plans conceived and

executed by

Thomas Alva Edison

To commemorate this epoch-making event

this tablet is erected by

The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society

The New York Edison Company

Marker is on Fulton Street when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB