Powering the Nation

Images of the Shannon Scheme and Electricity in Ireland

By Sorcha O'Brien

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Publish Date

2017

Publisher

Irish Academic Press

Language

eng

Pages

317

Description:

The visual story of the greatest industrial initiative of the fledgling Irish Free State: the Shannon Hydroelectric Scheme. Lavishly designed, the book examines the construction of this mammoth of modern ingenuity and its symbolic power during the dawn of electrical technology in Ireland.

subjects: Electrification, Ireland, history, Ireland, social conditions, History, Social aspects, Social conditions, Power utilization, Ireland. Electricity Supply Board