Toledo Edison Company collection, 1885-1972 1894-1972.

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Toledo Edison Company collection, 1885-1972 1894-1972.

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Collection contains scrapbooks; minutes; reports; ledger books; ordinance books; contracts; deeds; bills of sale; building permits; certificates of deposit; panoramic and aerial photographs; and filmstrips and sound recordings. The bulk of the collection comprises scrapbooks, containing newspaper articles about the company (1894-1972). Also included are records of Toledo Edison's predecessors--the Toledo Traction Company and Toledo Railway & Light Company.

50 linear ft.

University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7373185

University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library

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Toledo Edison Company

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Toledo's utility company originated with the Toledo Brush Electric & Power Company in 1881. Headed by Albion Lang, the Toledo Consolidated Street Railway Company ("The Big Con") was formed in 1884, superseded by the Toledo Traction Company in 1895. By 1907, Toledo Railway & Light Co. (established in 1901) consolidated all street railways and most energy facilities of the city. By 1910, it was serving major businesses such as Willys-Overland Motors. In 1913, H.L. Doherty interests (City S...

Lang, Albion, -1937.

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