total of 450 bottles of champagne consumed at the party. Today the theatre remains a time capsule, and the stage is probably the only surviving example of original 19th century backstage equipment. The opera house is licensed for weddings. Winter garden The winter garden is made mainly from glass. A pair of wrought iron water fountains in the shape of cranes were made in the local ironworks by a Mr Crane, who made decorative ironware. As a result of World War I, in 1918, Patti presented her winter garden to the people of Swansea where it became the Patti Pavilion, and has since been restored on several occasions. One of the crane fountains stands in the forecourt of the castle, the other in the grounds of Swansea University. Electricity Craig-y-nos was probably the first private house in Wales to be wired for electricity. The first in the UK was Cragside in Northumberland in 1880, a year after the invention of the electric light bulb by Thomas Edison. An Otto engine in the grounds created a 110 V DC system, with distribution provided by two bare copper wires placed in two adjacent grooves carved into a plank of wood, with a second plank placed over the top of it. This supplied power for Swan lamps throughout the castle, and an electrically powered Welte Concert Orchestrion, which was situated in the French billiards room and operated by a perforated paper roll. The organ was the pride and joy of Patti's second husband, French tenor Nicolini, thus dating installation prior to his death in 1898. The rediscovery and investigation of this system is credited to Mr J. A. Lea, the last Hospital Secretary. Transport The Neath and Brecon Railway Craig-y-nos railway station was in part funded by Patti. A private road was constructed from the castle to the station, where a lavishly furnished private waiting room was installed. In return the Neath and Brecon Railway was commissioned to provide Patti with her own private railway carriage, which she could request attached to any train to take her whenever, and wherever within the United Kingdom, she wanted to travel. At the start of the 20th century, Patti had one of the first motor cars in Wales, and is reported to have raced a local doctor from Swansea to Abercrave for a small wager. Tuberculosis hospital After Adelina Patti's death in 1919, the castle and