a little man made of lightning bolts with a bulb for a nose was a familiar character who taught them about the safety around electric power. His name was Reddy Kilowatt and he came into existence ...

There is no better representative for that than Reddy Kilowatt, a 20th-century cartoon turned pop-culture icon, representing both the miracle and, later, dangers of electricity. Reddy, with a ...

When visitors enter the new York County History Center Museum this summer, Reddy Kilowatt will greet them, all 12 feet of him toting 256 lightbulbs. The museum’s label tells about Reddy’s work ...

The monument still stands along South High Street. 1975: Ohio Edison’s “Reddy Kilowatt” sign, which had greeted downtown Akron motorists since 1954, was removed from the utility company’s ...