Identity area
Reference code
IE OCL P35/3/4
Title
Electric lighting in Portarlington
Date(s)
- 14 December 1912 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
3 items
Context area
Name of creator
(1899 - 1956)
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Ms letter of Joseph Dwyer Hon. Sec. of Portarlington Lighting Committee, to R. H. Moore in response to enquiries regarding the installation of electric lighting in Portarlington. He writes that the firm of Foote & Milne London had offered to install a plant of they could get 800 households to commit to installing lamps. He notes 'I would advise you to adopt our procedure as you are not putting any expense on the rates except the street lighting'(4pp). With two printed blank forms attached being a householders agreement to install electric lamps in their premises