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Samuel Insull (November 11, 1859 – July 16, 1938) was a British American business magnate. He was an innovator and investor based in Chicago who helped create an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States. Insull created holding companies that purchased utilities and railroads. Insull was responsible for the building of the Chicago Civic Opera House in 1929. (From Wikipedia) More about Samuel Insull:
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Books by Samuel Insull Books about Samuel Insull: Filed under: Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938
Books by Samuel Insull: Books in the extended shelves: ![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Central-station electric service; its commercial development and economic significance as set forth in the public addresses (1897-1914) of Samuel Insull ... (Priv. Print, 1915), also by William Eugene Keily (page images at HathiTrust)- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: "Centralization of power supply" (H. C. Sherman & co., printers, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Final report of the State council of defense of Illinois ([Chicago?, 1919), also by Illinois. State council of defense (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Final report of the State council of defense of Illinois, 1917-1918-1919. An official body created by an act of the General assembly approved by the governor May 2, 1917 ([Chicago?], 1919), also by Illinois War Council (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: How has it been done? : some reflections on the amazing rise of the electric light and power industry (S. Insull, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Illinois in the war; an address to the Commercial Club of Chicago (Lincoln Printing Co.], 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Looking forward by looking backward (Department of Live Stock Economics, 1926), also by Tage Ulrich Hollen Ellinger (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Production and distribution of electric energy in the central portion of the Mississippi Valley (Chicago, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Public control and private operation of public service industries. Part II, Municipal ownership, experience of Detroit taxpayers in owning and operating an electric lighting plant. (The Other Side pub. co., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Public utilities in modern life; selected speeches (1914-1923) (Priv. print, 1924), also by William Eugene Keily (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: Twenty-five years of electric power. ([Chicago], 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938: The Victorian era (Chicago, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
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