One hundred years of electricity supply - from Calder and Barrett to Calder Hall

A history of electricity supply is presented. The first supply being from a hydroelectric station in Godalming, followed by a few months later in January 1882 by the first steam generating plant at Holborn Viaduct. The choice of AC over DC is discussed. Mention is made of the generation of electricity from nuclear sources by EPRI and by the first commercial nuclear station Calder Hall. (author)