Editing Commonwealth Edison (section)

===Founding===

The earliest predecessor of Commonwealth Edison was the Isolated Lighting Company, established in early 1881 by George H. Bliss as a subsidiary of [[Thomas Edison]]'s company to sell small Edison-patented generators and lighting systems, each serving one building or several nearby buildings. In 1882, this company was taken over by the Western Edison Light Company, which was chartered by several prominent Chicagoans to not only take over Isolated Lighting's role as Edison's agent in Chicago, but also to develop a [[Power station|central station]] electric system.  Western Edison installed the first incandescent lighting in a Chicago home, that of stockholder John W. Doane, in 1882, and it was first lit on November 10 of that year.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hogan |first=John |title=A Spirit Capable |year=1986 |publisher=The Mobium Press |location=Chicago |isbn=0-916371-04-2 |oclc=15613538 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/spiritcapablest00hoga/page/13 13–17] |ref=hogan86 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/spiritcapablest00hoga/page/13 }}</ref>