Rural electrification of Tarbert, Co Kerry in 1957

Area: Tarbert
Started: July 1956
Finished: February 1957
Poles used: 740
Line used (km): 61
Premises connected: 196

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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 April 1957 reports that rock, bog and waterlogging caused difficulties in TarbertTarbert-REO-news-Apr-19570005

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