Rural electrification of Creeve, Co Roscommon in 1955

By ESB Archives / Mar 18, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area: Creeve
Started: August 1954
Finished: May 1955
Poles used: 1638
Line used (km): 146
Premises connected: 523

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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 weather was anything but pleasant during construction in Creeve as reported in The REO News from July 1955Creeve-R.E.O

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