Rural electrification of Newtown, Co Cork in 1954

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

Area: Newtown
Started: August 1953
Finished: June 1954
Poles used: 1100
Line used (km): 101
Premises connected: 169

Newtown Map Limerick

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.

Sales were good in Newtown despite some keen competition The REO News from April 1954 tells usNewtown-1-R.E.O Newtown-2-R.E.O