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New Electric Street Lighting

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

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January 19, 2011, 07:11:41 PM
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

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January 19, 2011, 05:22:26 PM
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

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January 17, 2011, 11:08:21 AM
Question: In what year did Youngstown's Business District get electric street lighting?
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