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Title: Laying electricity cables, Winchester [Go to resource]
Description: The Westgate can be seen in the distance and the Black Swan Hotel on the corner of Southgate Street to the left. This building was demolished but remembered in the name of the building that replaced it, Black Swan Buildings. Electricity had come to Winchester in the late 19th century, Winchester Electric Light and Power Company was formed in 1897 to provide electricity to the town, with a new power station being opened by the mayor, Mr Alfred Bowker, in 1898. The company was taken over by the Corporation of Winchester in 1911. Copy photograph. Reference: Photocopy file, Winchester Local Studies Library Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council Subjects: Black Swan Hotel
Westgate
costume
electricity
High Street
workmenTemporal: start=1926-01-01; end=1926-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Copied by: Brimfield, J Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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