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Brush Electric Light & Power Company stock certificate circa 1882 (Montana)

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Brush Electric Light & Power Company stock certificate circa 1882 (Montana)

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Brush Electric Light & Power Company stock certificate circa 1882 (Montana)

Nice Montana electric certificate!  Great vignette of the company's power generation plant with steam train in the foreground and city scape in the background. Unissued and not cancelled. Dated 188_ but circa 1882 from company records.  Incorporated in Helena Montana.  Measures approximately 10 x 7 inches.

The first Montana electric utility was the Brush Electric Light and Power Company, formed in Butte in 1882. A predecessor of the Montana Power Company (1912), Brush Electric Light and Power Co. (1882) was controlled by the Brush Electric Company (1880) and used Brush dynamos for power.

The Butte Electric and Power Company, was formed in 1901 to take over the assets and liabilities of the Butte Lighting and Power Company, which was, in turn, the successor to several local Butte power generating plants, including the Brush Electric Light and Power Company.

The Montana Power Company was incorporated on December 12, 1912, as a merger of the Butte Electric and Power Company, the Madison River Power Company, the United Missouri River Power Company, and the Billings and Eastern Montana Power Company. The merger was brought about by John D. Ryan, head of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, and John G. Morony, president of the First National Bank of Great Falls.

Charles Francis Brush was an American pioneer in the commercial development of electricity. His inventive genius ranked with an elite group of electric pioneers including Thomas A. Edison. Brush designed and developed an electric arc lighting system that was adopted throughout the United States and abroad during the 1880's. The arc light preceded Edison's incandescent light bulb in commercial use and was suited to applications where a bright light was needed, such as street lights and lighting in commercial and public buildings. In 1876 he secured the backing of the Wetting Supply Company in Cleveland to design his "dynamo" (an electrical generator) for powering arc lights.

In 1879, the Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation, using Brush's inventions, was formed in Lambeth, London, England. This company eventually moved to Loughborough, England and became Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited.

In 1880, Brush established the Brush Electric Company in the United States and, though successful, faced stiff competition from the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, whose arc lights could be independently turned off, and by Edison, whose incandescent lights had a softer warm glow, did not flicker, and were less costly to maintain than arc lights. In 1882, the Brush Electric Company supplied generating equipment. Thomson-Houston bought out Brush in 1889 and eventually merged to become part of General Electric in 1891. After selling his interests in Brush Electric, Brush never returned to the electric industry.

These mergers marked Brush's exit from the emerging electrical industry. He sold his interest in Brush Electric and moved on to other interests. The arc light made Brush a wealthy man.

 

 

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