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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 336989, member: 5833&quot;]England was an early adopter of electric streetlights, although did not start in London.&nbsp; Wiki:</p><p><br /></p><p>The first street to be lit by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_lightbulb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_lightbulb" rel="nofollow">incandescent lightbulb</a> was Mosley Street, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" rel="nofollow">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>. The street was lit by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan" rel="nofollow">Joseph Swan</a>&#039;s incandescent lamp on 3 February 1879.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light#cite_note-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light#cite_note-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a> Consequently, Newcastle was the first city in the world to be fully lit up by lighting.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light#cite_note-Mosely-13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light#cite_note-Mosely-13" rel="nofollow">[13]</a> The first street to be lit with modern electricity as we know it was Electric Avenue in London&#039;s Brixton in 1880.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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