Thursday, October 2, 2014

The president was afraid of the first White House light switches in 1891

The president was afraid of the first White House light switches in 1891


The first president to install electric lighting at the White House was Benjamin Harrison in 1891, but he never touched the light switches himself, for fear of being electrocuted. This was a reasonable fear, given how crude household electric wiring could be at the time.


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