Brisbane's powerful link to Thomas Edison unearthed in Queen's Wharf development

Excavators in Brisbane have unearthed 134-year-old electrical cables known as "Edison tubes" under a CBD street, revealing the city's earliest power grid.

Designed by inventor Thomas Edison, the tubes date back to 1884, when they were laid beneath William Street to supply electricity to the parliamentary precinct.

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