Rural electrification of Carrig, Co Tipperary in 1955

By ESB Archives / Mar 4, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area: Carrig
Started: June 1954
Finished: February 1955
Poles used: 698
Line used (km): 66
Premises connected: 110

Carrig-Map-athlone-big

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 1955 suggests that rock was the main difficulty in CarrigCarrig--R.E.O