Getting the Lights
A. Kenneth Bell
Passionately interested in all things electrical, Ken
Bell’s life-time interest in electricity led to this book
on the development of electricity on Prince Edward
Island.  

The book is divided into two sections: one following
urban patterns and the rural beginning of electrical
generation.  Included in this history are the
communities of Alberton, Breadalbane, Cardigan,
Crapaud, The Dunk River, Hunter River, Kensington,
Kinkora, Montague, Mount Stewart, North Tryon, O’
Leary, Souris, St. Eleanor’s as well as Charlottetown
and Summerside.
  • Charlottetown, 1989.  
  • Soft cover.
  • 141 pages, 6" X 9".
  • Illustrated, appendices,
    index.
  • Item No. 0920434177
  • Price $14.95 Canadian
"It seems only fitting that the first Island locality to receive electricity should be the provincial capital,
Charlottetown.  Incorporated in 1855, the city was the Island's largest population centre as well as the
administrative and economic hub.  Since 1854, Charlottetown had been partially lit by gas lamps installed and
tended by the Charlottetown Gas Light Company.  Gas lighting was not entirely satisfactory, however, and in
1884, the City invited the Royal Electric Engineering and Construction Company of Montreal to submit a bid for
lighting Charlottetown's streets with electricity.  Royal Electric's tender was accepted and on December 19,
1885, Charlottetown got its first electric lights."                                                   - From Introduction to Getting the Lights

Appendix I:  Clarification of the Daily Patriot Account
of Charlottetown's First Electric Dynamo

Appendix II:  The Thompson-Houston Regulator

Appendix III:  The Arc Light

Appendix IV:  Maritime Electric Company, Limited Growth Rate
from 1930 to 1953

Appendix V:  Installed Capacity of the Charlottetown Plant
from 1931 to 1963

Appendix VI:  Details of the three proposals presented to the
Souris Town Council (1922)
Proposal No. 1 Gas Producer Plant
Proposal No. 2 Diesel Engine Unit
Proposal No. 3 Water Powered Plant

Appendix VII: The Revenue Meter

Appendix VIII: Drawing

Appendix IX: Dates and Ratings of the Installations at the
Summerside Electric Plant (1924-1969)
Load History, Summerside Plant

Appendix X:
A.  Dates of Incorporation of Prince Edward Island Electric Companies
B. Prince Edward Island Companies absorbed by Maritime Electric
Company, Limited (1918-1966)

Appendix XI: A Note on the  1977 Summerside Centennial

Urban Patterns:
Introduction
Prince Edward Island Electric Company
Maritime Electric Company, Limited
Summerside Electric Company

Rural Beginnings:
Introduction
Alberton
Breadalbane
Cardigan
Crapaud
The Dunk River
Hunter River
Kensington
Kinkora
Montague
Mount Stewart
North Tryon
O’Leary
Souris
St. Eleanor’s

Conclusion
Appendices
Index
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