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Electricity first supplied to Londonderry under the provisions of the Londonderry Electric Lighting Order 1891 confirmed by the Electric Lighting Orders Confirmation (No. 3) Act 1891. Further powers were given by the Londonderry Corporation Act 1918 .
Nov 16, 2017 · The eastern portion of the original town was set off in 1828 and incorporated as Derry Howes P76
Feb 13, 2007 · 1879 Electric lights (Brush arc lamps) were first used for public street lighting, in Cleveland, Ohio. California Electric Light Company, Inc. in San Fransicso was the first electric company to sell electricity to customers.
Jun 26, 2013 · In this lecture Dr Ian Archer, a historian of early modern London, explores the early years of the Londonderry plantation, showing the reluctance with which the Londoners took it on, but suggesting that they made the best of a difficult job.
In 1616, information was received by Sir Thomas Philips of Newtown Limavady of a design formed by the Irish to surprise Londonderry and Coleraine, which being communicated to the Irish Government effectual measures were adopted for its prevention.
Sep 4, 2010 · A FASCINATING directory for the city of Londonderry – dating from the early nineteenth century – has been newly-published on the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) website, offering a rich insight into what it would have been like to live there one hundred and seventy years ago.
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On February 15, 1956, about a dozen people met at the Leach Library and formed the Londonderry Historical Society. The group defined its mission as the “discovering, procuring, and preserving of whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the town.”
