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Louis John Crossley. (1842 - 1891).
Got his own page re "telephone collection":
http://telephonecollecting.org/crossley.html
Part:
"He married in 1865 and built a new home at Moorside. "Manor" would probably be a better description. The house was equipped with twin Otto engines for electricity generation, and was fitted with laboratories and workshops where Crossley could continue his experiments. The house was quite a local feature because of the electric lighthouse he had built on the roof. With careful design of the lenses and electric light , it gave off sufficient light to read a newspaper by up to two miles away. A Gramme generator provided power to run a small electric tramway around the grounds."
Got his own page re "telephone collection":
http://telephonecollecting.org/crossley.html
Part:
"He married in 1865 and built a new home at Moorside. "Manor" would probably be a better description. The house was equipped with twin Otto engines for electricity generation, and was fitted with laboratories and workshops where Crossley could continue his experiments. The house was quite a local feature because of the electric lighthouse he had built on the roof. With careful design of the lenses and electric light , it gave off sufficient light to read a newspaper by up to two miles away. A Gramme generator provided power to run a small electric tramway around the grounds."