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Dear Keiva: One of the unsung heroes or our modern electrical industry was a Brit named Samuel Insull. He first worked with Edison, but later with his own money got General Electric to build in Chicago a much larger power station than had been thought possible. He deserves the credit for making electricity in the home possible. I read a book that said he was wrongfully charged with fraudulent stock dealings that caused millions of dollars to be lost by investors. The book says the real culprit was J.P. Morgan, who was trying to get control of the industry.Insull also turned General Electric into the giant we know today.
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