Rural electrification of Newbawn, Co Wexford in 1955

Area: Newbawn
Started: April 1955
Finished: September 1955
Poles used: 1267
Line used (km): 116
Premises connected: 246

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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.

Trees presented the main construction difficulty in Newbawn according to The REO News from January 1956Newbawn-REO-News-Jan-19560004