Rural electrification of Birdhill, Co Tipperary in 1956

Area: Birdhill
Started: September 1955
Finished: August 1956
Poles used: 1603
Line used (km): 135
Premises connected: 267

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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 1956 reports that the usual difficulties of rock, water and timber were encountered in BirdhillBirdhill-REO-News-Oct-19560005