Rural electrification of Monkstown, Co Cork in 1950

By ESB Archives / Mar 7, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area: Monkstown
Started: April 1950
Finished: December 1950
Poles used: 915
Line used (km): 76
Premises connected: 265

Monkstown-Map-cork

The figures above were sourced from our REO News magazine. Click here to find out more on what the figures mean. The map above shows the area boundary and is from a digitised version of the original map used during the scheme.

The REO News from March 1951 reports a big increase in the number of consumersMonkstown-R.E.O.-March-1951-P