Welcome to the Electricity History Society, the home of electricity history in England and Wales. We are adding content to this website regularly.
The Museum is now open again to visitors following major engineering works in the building, Please see details below, or get in touch with us via our Contacts page or by emailing us on response@elechistory.org.
What’s on the Electricity History Society website?
Apart from this Home Page, the following facilities are currently available:
- Who Are We? – linked to a brief history of the Society
- Join Us
- Contacts
- Archives
- Museum – including photos of some of our collection of artefacts
- Web Links
- Photo Library – a selection of the thousands of images in our collection
- Films – a selection from our collection
- Sound Recordings
- Generating Stations in the South West – listed by area
- Early Public Electricity Supplies in the South West – listed by date
- Electric Transport in the South West – tramways, cliff railways, trolley buses and technical articles
- Events Diary – our events programme for the year
- Histelec News – our Society magazine
- Histelec Articles – a complete set of our in-depth articles and research supplements
- Speakers – talks given by our members to other organisations
- Feedback and Contacts Form – Please use it to let us know what you think of this website
Later we aim to add pages on Society Publications, Renewable Energy, Days Out etc.
How can I visit the Museum of Electricity and the Electricity Historical Archives?
We have regular OPEN MORNINGS at the Museum and Archives on the 2nd Thursday of each month, 1030 – 1200 or by appointment. We are happy to have “casual visitors” in groups of up to four, provided that you don’t have COVID symptoms.
If you have a larger group please use our Contact Form to get in touch and book a session where we can explore the Museum and Archive with you in more detail. We are also able to provide a range of slide talks (plus of course tea, coffee and biscuits!)
You will be able to come and visit to to research your favourite historical aspects – for example, you may be interested in old technology, transport or the social aspects of electricity. Our collection of old photos and films, and our electricity history archives, document more than a century of the history of electricity. Please check out the Museum, Archives and Photo Library pages for just a taste of what we offer.
You can also get in touch with us via our Contact Page or by emailing us on response@elechistory.org