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| Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print | | Wabash in Wabash County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes) |
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First Electrically Lighted City
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By M. Bowyer, June 28, 2007 | |
| | | 1. First Electrically Lighted City Marker | | |
Inscription. On March 31, 1880, officials of Wabash began experimenting with Charles F. Brush’s carbon-arc lights. Four 3,000 candlepower lamps were placed atop the courthouse and used to illuminate the town until September, 1888.
Erected 1966 by Indiana Sesquincentennial Commission. (Marker Number 85.1966.1.)
Location. 40° 47.909′ N, 85° 49.261′ W. Marker is in Wabash, Indiana, in Wabash County. Marker is on Wabash Street near Hill Street. Click for map. On the lawn of the Wabash County courthouse. Marker is in this post office area: Wabash IN 46992, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Paradise Spring Treaty Ground (approx. 0.2 miles away); Camp Wabash (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mississinewa Battlefield (approx. 11.7 miles away); Miami Indian Cemetery (approx. 12 miles away); Battle of Mississinewa (approx. 12.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Wabash.
Also see . . . Wabash - First Electrically Lighted City. (Submitted on June 30, 2007.)
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By M. Bowyer, June 28, 2007 | |
| | | 2. Marker at Courthouse | | |
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By M. Bowyer, June 28, 2007 | |
| | | 3. The Wabash County Courthouse | | |
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By M. Bowyer, June 28, 2007 | |
| | | 4. Wabash County Courthouse | | |
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By M. Bowyer, June 28, 2007 | |
| | | 5. This Lincoln statue is near the marker. | | |
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| Credits. This page originally submitted on June 29, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 663 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 29, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page. | | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print |
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