Final Years
Immisch continued to be involved in manufacturing work for a couple of years in the Acme Immisch Electric Works Company Ltd, but afterwards he retained an interest only as a director in the Immisch Electric Launch Company until his resignation in 1901. Having suffered from heart problems from a number of years, he died two years later.
Obituaries acknowledged his early enterprise:
The world has lost one of the earliest pioneers in the development of electric power. A born inventor; his mind teemed with ideas...
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