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Commercial arc-lighting began in England around 1830, so that's only ONE of the first practical uses of electric power, at least in a public setting anyway.

The real reason it took so many decades to implement practical consumer electric infrastructure is because for many decades it was a solution in search of a problem.
So for the sake of debate, I humbly suggest a better analogy would be something like
"How long did it take after residential electric lighting became a reality for consumer appliances to appear?"

What Came First? Electric Appliances Timeline

1938 GE unit might be the oldest working fridge in the world.