Houston formed the rival Thomson-Houston Company. By 1890, Edison had organized his various businesses into the Edison General Electric Company. Out of the laboratory was to come perhaps the most famous invention of all-a successful development of the incandescent electric lamp. In 1876, Thomas Alva Edison opened a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. * Use username & password from AFCA Magazine to access 'Members Only' areasĮmail Directory * Events * Restoration & Repair * Reference Material * Miscellaneous Fan Related

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A 1901 General Electric fan (note the brass cage) - Image: eBay. A restoration i did of a 1930's General Electric brass blade fan from start to finish. Quickview Out of stock, please contact us at for availability. That fan is gonna take a lot of time and effort to get it back to normal and is essentially a parts fan. Your fan has an older incorrect GE Whiz blade and would have had a deeply pitched 3 wing blade that was polished aluminum.

The fan did come with a guard which was an S wire guard with the GE badge in the middle.

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