Wall outlets

[amartin71718]

It's kind of a strange question, but did the palace have wall outlets when the Romanovs lived in it? I'm writing a fanfic and is one of the things I kinda need to know.

[Douglas]

yes,....but I do not know the  year they were installed.  They might have been installed when N. & A. had the remodeling done before they moved in.  Someone know what year that was?

The palace also elevators and telephones.....what we might say were all the conveniences of a home.  There was also an electric bell system to call for servants.

[Sarushka]

I dont' recall ever noticing any in photographs, but since the imperial family had both wall and floor lamps, it seems logical that there would have been electrical outlets to accomodate such fixtures.

[Forum Admin]

The Alexander Palace was the first building electrified in Russia, by Nikolai Tesla himself.  Yes, the AP had electric sockets and was fully wired for electricity.  Remember they showed movies in  the Semi Circular hall, had electric vacuum cleaners, record players etc in addition to lamps and lighting...

[nena]

Nikola Tesla, not Nikolai. He was a Serbian inventor, and this is the first time I hear it   Wow

There is speculation -- did he know something about fatal 1909 Tunguska catastrophe?

I knew that electric energy  there must have been installed, as well as for the wall outlets in AP.