How the world’s first electric grid was built

Re:How the world’s first electric grid was built by detourdog on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @07:56PM (#47511308)

This seems to be the timeline.

1881: The Birth of Hawaiian Electric

King Kalakaua meets Thomas Edison at his home in New York to see the incandescent light bulb in 1881. Iolani Palace becomes one of the world's first royal residences to be lit by electricity in 1886. Honolulu streets are lit by electricity for the first time in 1888. Hawaiian Electric Company, Ltd. is incorporated on Oct. 13, 1891.

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Re:How the world’s first electric grid was built by culi on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:15PM (#47523373)

Cogito on YouTube crafted a phenomenal documentary on the history of Hawai'i that I can't recommend enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0vM4MNHeZI

It covers not just the geopolitical history of Hawai'i but also its environmental and indigenous history and the ingenious land management techniques based on breadfruit and taro that they used to support a population possibly as high as 683,000 before Cook landed there.

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