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1. cepr.org › voxeu › columnsUS electrification in the 1930s - CEPR

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   Jan 29, 2014 · Using a sample of approximately 1,400 rural counties in the US from 1930 to 1940, we estimate the relationship between changes in access to electricity via the REA and agricultural outcomes such as crop values, livestock values, farm size, and land values.

2. www.encyclopedia.com › economics › encyclopediasElectrifying Rural America - Encyclopedia.com

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   By 1930 more than 90 percent of rural homes still used kerosene lamps for lighting; and running water and indoor bathrooms were impossible without powered pumping systems. President Herbert Hoover (1874–1964; served 1929–33) took a hands-off approach in dealing with such problems.

3. americanhistory.si.edu › explore › storiesPower from the people: Rural Electrification brought more ...

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   Aug 24, 2017 · Electricity would improve the efficiency of work and the comforts of home life in rural areas, encouraging more Americans to stay on family farms. Franklin D. Roosevelt made this issue part of his 1932 presidential campaign and worked with Congress to establish the Rural Electrification Administration (REA).

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4. energyhistory.yale.edu › electricity-and-theElectricity and the Public Good: Private-Public Power Debates ...

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   How might a program like the Electric Home and Farm Authority have helped families through the Great Depression? What does the document tell us about gender norms and their relationship to consumption and labor during the 1930s?

5. visualizingenergy.org › united-states-electricityUnited States electricity history in four charts

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   Feb 21, 2023 · Hydropower dominated new additions to generation capacity for the next 50 years, including major additions beginning in the 1930s enabled by the Rural Electrification Act and the “big dam” period in the Bureau of Reclamation.

6. calisphere.org › exhibitions › 32Building Bridges, Dams, and Power Plants — Calisphere

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   California's booming population during the 1930s strained the existing infrastructure. These images depict the government-funded bridges, dams, and power plants that were built to support the state's growth.

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   How many farms in the US had electricity in 1930?

   • In 1930, fewer than 10% of farms in the US had access to electricity. By the mid-1950s, almost every farm in the country had electricity. While the US was able to extend electricity to its rural locations rapidly over a 25-year period, much of the developing world still remains without electricity today.

   US electrification in the 1930s | CEPR

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   How did electricity come to America in 1932?

   • Homes were wired, bulbs were hung, a radio was in place, and, if the family could afford them, appliances such as electric ranges and refrigerators were installed and ready. The push to bring electricity to all corners of America—including isolated rural farms—began with the presidential campaign of 1932.

   Electrifying Rural America - Encyclopedia.com

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   Why was electric power so important in the 1920s?

   • However, for many years electrification was regarded as a luxury. But by the 1920s electric power was becoming an essential part of modern life. More than half of all urban homes had electric lights, and many of those homes had electric appliances. Despite these advances in cities, few farm families had electricity.

   Electrifying Rural America - Encyclopedia.com

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   Where did electricity come from in the 1920s?

   • By the 1920s most cities and towns in America received electricity from either privately owned or municipal utility companies. Running wires into the countryside where there might be only a few people per square mile seemed uneconomical for either investors or tax-payers.

   Power from the people: Rural Electrification brought more than lights

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   What did the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 do?

   • The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 gave the federal government responsibility for bringing electricity to rural areas across the country, implementing aspects of Pennsylvania’s “Giant Power” vision.

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   What did Roosevelt say about rural electrification?

   • When President Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Bill in September 1944, Roosevelt said, "From the point of view of raising the living standards of rural America and providing a more efficient form of farm management, one of the most important projects interrupted by the war is the extension of rural electrification."

   Power from the people: Rural Electrification brought more than lights

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8. www.gspower.org › history › beginningIn the Beginning – Golden State Power Cooperative

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   To get central station power from the co-op, the 75 Fort Bidwell customers agreed to pay an extra 50-cents per month on their co-op electricity bills until the $2,650 was paid off. During the 1930’s and 40’s there were numerous groups of energized citizens, mostly in rural areas all across California, that tried to start their own, locally ...