Rural Electrification

Rural Electrification is a Pennsylvania historical marker in New Enterprise, Bedford County, dedicated 1989.

PA 869 near Chestnut St. at Co-op HQ, New Enterprise

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In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. Over the next five years, in response to their needs, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in this State. Serving users in Bedford, Fulton and Huntingdon counties, New Enterprise Rural Electric Cooperative was incorporated November 18, 1938.

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1900 · Everett, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1902 · Everett, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · Pennsylvania, Western Section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Rural Electrification, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Rural Electrification

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