The Dehumanising Race For The First Electric Chair, The Chair, Timeline Classics

In 1880 two men, Edison and Westinghouse, were battling to provide electricity for America. Edisons system was lowvoltage and dependable, Westinghouses was unpredictable and potentially deadly. Edison volunteered his rivals Alternating Current system to power the first ever electric chair, ensuring Westinghouse would both foot the bill and field the negative publicity. Regrettably, the currents voltage had been overrated and the convicts death was not instantaneous. Timeline Classics is a curated home for the very best of Timeline s extensive catalog of history documentaries. From legendary multipart series featuring worldfamous historians to our personally picked hidden gems, every week we ll be selecting some of our favorite documentaries for you to discover all in one place. Timeline Classics is in partnership with the History Hit network.