News:

FORUM HAS BEEN UPGRADED  - if you have trouble logging in, please tap/click "home"  and try again. Hopefully this upgrade addresses recent server issues.  Thank you for your patience. Forum Manager

MESSAGE ABOUT WEBSITE REGISTRATIONS
http://mahoningvalley.info/forum/index.php?topic=8677

Main Menu

New Electric Street Lighting

Started by Towntalk, January 17, 2011, 11:08:21 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

northside lurker

Thanks!  I bet that would have been a magical summer evening.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
--Thomas Edison

Towntalk

Answer

Aug. 15, 1915
Ready For Throwing The Switch To Illumine The New White Way
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lCdKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uIUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1283%2C5455031

The lighting celebration took place on the evening of August 18, 1915.

August 19, 1915
Vast Throng Witnesses The White Way Parade And Joins In Festival Wednesday Evening
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mCdKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uIUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1352%2C6018257

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mSdKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uIUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=838%2C6090728



Towntalk

Question: In what year did Youngstown's Business District get electric street lighting?