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Chicago, 1893 - The World's Columbian Exposition has opened in Chicago's Jackson Park to rave reviews. The Exposition celebrates a host of technologies that have changed life in the 1800's, and promise to change our future. The Daily Dispatch is proud to present a series of special reports on the Exposition's exhibits. In this edition, we focus on the wonders of electric power.
Thomas Edison with his phonograph

Welcome to the future!

A short 100 years ago, we lived in a world powered by muscle and steam and lit only by fire. No longer! A revolution is upon us, a revolution produced by the invisible hand of electric power.

Do most observers at this exposition grasp the potential of electric power for changing our lives? Many people still fear electric devices. Sponsors and exhibitors hope the marvels on display at the Hall of Electricity and elsewhere in this awe-inspiring fair will go a long way in changing the fear of electric power to fascination.

For more on electric power and its importance at the fair, click on the topics below.

The power behind the fair
The Edison Tower of Light
 
Tomorrow’s report: The Palace of Mechanic Arts, showing machinery of every kind in operation.