Rural electrification of Dysart, Co Westmeath in 1954

By ESB Archives / Mar 23, 2016 / Leave a comment

Area: Dysart
Started: December 1953
Finished: November 1954
Poles used: 1337
Line used (km): 103
Premises connected: 250

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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 February 1955 reports that things got off to a bad start in Dysart Dysart-R.E.ODysart-2-R.E.O