WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Electricity on Washington County

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HISTORY

Electricity came to Leeds after the citizens got together to bring it in. It cost $75 to get it to each home. Telephone poles were run down the center of Main Street with wires then running out to each house.

On August 21, 1916, a meeting of Leeds citizens was held where it was decided to move the poles out of the street to the west side of the street.

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REFERENCES

Wilma Cox Beal, "Leeds Historical Event in Bits & Pieces", pp. 55.