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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Wakefield's electric light plant, North Avenue, circa 1893, circa 1895-1900

Item

Title
Wakefield's electric light plant, North Avenue, circa 1893, circa 1895-1900
Description
"The citizens of Wakefield voted in 1893 to purchase the land, buildings and equipment of the Citizen's Gas and Light Company. The company was the predecessor of the Wakefield Municipal Light Department." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1994
Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)
D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Date
ca. 1893-1900
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
Subject
Electric utilities
Citizens Gas and Light Company (Wakefield, Mass.)
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
1 picture : b&w
Extent
18 x 28 cm.