> Stanley's system was however an experimental system designed to be proof of concept. It was short lived as the weak points in the system in the system eventually shut the system down (Westinghouse's steam engine was unreliable and the Siemens generator was 'unsatisfactory').
I think Great Barrington, MA. might also be able to claim the title of first. It seems to predate this system by a year.
https://www.edisontechcenter.org/GreatBarrington.html
> Stanley's system was however an experimental system designed to be proof of concept. It was short lived as the weak points in the system in the system eventually shut the system down (Westinghouse's steam engine was unreliable and the Siemens generator was 'unsatisfactory').
The power generated from Niagara river stations was traveling on an international "grid" between Canada and the US in the late 1890s.