Rural electrification of Mountbellew, Co Galway in 1951

By ESB Archives / Mar 12, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area: Mountbellew
Started: August 1950
Finished: April 1951
Poles used: 1019
Line used (km): 84
Premises connected: 210

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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.

A considerable amount of rock was encountered in Mountbellew reports the REO News from June 1951Mountbelew-R.E.O.-June-1951-P

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