September 5, 1882 – “Centralized hydroelectric power came on for the first time in the United States in downtown Minneapolis on [this date]. Minnesota Brush Electric Company produced the power, beating a similar effort in Appleton, Wisconsin, by twenty-five days.”
http://www.mnopedia.org/event/hydroelectricity-minneapolis-september-5-1882
http://www.mnopedia.org/event/hydroelectricity-minneapolis-september-5-1882
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