Quiz: Edgar Station Set a New Standard
Quiz: Edgar Station Set a New Standard
Edgar Station’s high-pressure unit was the first one of its kind. Find out what you know about Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston’s electric generating plant with this ASME quiz.
The story of the Edgar Station began in the early 1920s when the Boston Edison Company—then known as the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston—acquired land on the banks of the Fore River in Weymouth, Mass. The property included a deep-water harbor that could handle large coal barges and also provide an inexhaustible supply of water for circulating through power plant condensers.
The high-pressure unit itself was the first one of its kind operating in the world and the station that housed it got its name from the president of Boston Edison, Charles L. Edgar, an electrical engineer who studied under Thomas Alva Edison. Find out what you know about Edgar Station with this ASME quiz.
The high-pressure unit itself was the first one of its kind operating in the world and the station that housed it got its name from the president of Boston Edison, Charles L. Edgar, an electrical engineer who studied under Thomas Alva Edison. Find out what you know about Edgar Station with this ASME quiz.
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