On january 19, 1883, the first 1883 electric lighting system employing overhead wires built by thomas edison, began service at roselle, new jersey. Roselle in union county was the first village in the world to be lighted by thomas edison’s incandescent light bulb. It was set up as an experiment by edison to prove that a town could be electrified using a …

It had been built by thomas edison to demonstrate that an entire community could be …