Rural electrification of Mountcharles, Co Donegal in 1951

By ESB Archives / Mar 15, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area: Mountcharles
Started: August 1950
Finished: May 1951
Poles used: 880
Line used (km): 721
Premises connected: 160

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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.

Bad weather caused some problems in Mountcharles according to The REO News from August 1951Mountcharles-R.E.O.-August-1951-P

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