Rural electrification of Kildangan, Co Kildare in 1953

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Area: Kildangan
Started: October 1952
Finished: August 1953
Poles used: 1324
Line used (km): 114
Premises connected: 300

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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 October 1953 contained details of the work in Kildangan and also reported on a somewhat gruesome but interesting findKildangan-1-R.E.O.-News-October-1953-PKildangan-2-R.E.O.-News-October-1953-P