fantastic shots of the opening night.
On 24th April, 1913 electricity and electric light played an important part in the official inauguration of the Woolworth Building, then the world's tallest skyscraper. The construction included 87 miles of electric flex, 80,000 light bulbs and its own power plant containing four separate generator engines.
As a publicity stunt the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, agreed to flick a switch at his desk in the White House in Washington that would turn on all of the lights at once, restoring daylight to the Broadway District.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
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