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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mforder, post: 4192303, member: 20023&quot;]<b><u>Item #47:</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>1890&#039;s - Electrifying a town. In the case of Newton it appears that the town itself took many bids. There are more papers in addition to the one&#039;s posted here from various companies that wanted to sell their product.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here you see...</p><ul> <li>The proposal for bid the electrify the town of Newton</li> <li>Westinghouse, Church &amp; Kerr Co. - New York, NY</li> <li>The New England Engineering Co. - Waterbury, Conn (CT)</li> <li>Fort Wayne Electric Co. - Fort Wayne, Ind. (IN)</li> </ul><p>What I like about some of these is the vignette. I am also curious about the &quot;Wood Arc Light System&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I can&#039;t imagine not having electricity at all and how it must of changed these peoples lives once they hit the switch to turn the plant on once it was built.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]334662[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334664[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334665[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]334666[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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