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1895: Electricity comes to Marblehead

Name: 1895: Electricity comes to Marblehead
Start: 2022-01-23T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2022-01-23T23:59:59+00:00

January 23, 2022

Marblehead was illuminated by electricity for the first time, “…the light being furnished by 165 arc lamps of two thousand candle power, and 40 incandescents of twenty five candle power each.” (Roads)

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Date:: January 23, 2022
Event Category:: Historic Event

have been adapted with thanks from Bill Purdin’s Marblehead History Timeline published by Marblehead Magazine.