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Boston Edison Company

 Organization

Biography

Electrical utility company incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts in 1886 as the Edison Electric Illuminating Company. Changed named to Boston Edison in 1937.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Earl Huntington Barber papers

Collection Identifier: Mss:750 1909-1969 B234
Overview:

Earl Huntington Barber was a public utility engineer who specialized in gas and electric rates. Includes work notes, correspondence, reports, and articles, largely relating to a number of Massachusetts towns and cities whose gas and light companies Barber investigated.

Boston Edison Company records

Collection Identifier: Mss:752 1885-1954
Overview:

Records of the Boston, Massachusetts electric utility company Boston Edison Company includes financial records, labor record, production records and photographs.