Rural electrification of Moville, Co Donegal in 1958

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

Area: Moville
Started: March 1958
Finished: August 1958
Poles used: 610
Line used (km): 47
Premises connected: 354

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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 January 1959 tells us that sales were praiseworthy in MovilleMoville-REO-News-Jan-1959-P12

and The REO News from July 1959 makes a case for choosing electricity over gas in MovilleMoville-2-REO-News-July-19590017