Matches in Harvard for { ?s ?p Inventor of electrical machines, light bulbs, drills for mining, and trolley motive power equipment, Van Depoele was born in Belgium and came to America in 1869. He was trained to be a wood sculptor and cabinet maker, but was interested in electricity and developed several electric power companies in Detroit, Mich., and Chicago, Ill. In later life he was associated with Thomson-Houston (later General Electric) of Lynn, Mass.. }
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- catalog description "Inventor of electrical machines, light bulbs, drills for mining, and trolley motive power equipment, Van Depoele was born in Belgium and came to America in 1869. He was trained to be a wood sculptor and cabinet maker, but was interested in electricity and developed several electric power companies in Detroit, Mich., and Chicago, Ill. In later life he was associated with Thomson-Houston (later General Electric) of Lynn, Mass.".