Rural electrification of Cartron, Co Roscommon in 1955

Area: Cartron
Started: December 1954
Finished: November 1955
Poles used: 1349
Line used (km): 122
Premises connected: 324

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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.

There was a large quantity of rock in Cartron as reported in The REO News from June 1956Cartron-REO-News--June-19560007