Rural electrification of New Mills, Co Donegal in 1957

By ESB Archives / Mar 17, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area: New Mills
Started: July 1956
Finished: May 1957
Poles used: 587
Line used (km): 54
Premises connected: 169

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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.

The REO News from July 1957 reports that sales were bad in New Mills due to some stiff competitionNew-Mills-REO-News-July-19570013