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EPISODE · Dec 27, 2018 · 3 MIN

BHS e188-The Coming Of Electricity and the Working Class

from The Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast · host Brattleboro Historical Society

It was D.E. Barrett, from the working class of West Brattleboro, who convinced the powerful in town to give electricity a chance, and it was the working people of town who outvoted the powerful business owners to make electric power a reality in Brattleboro. Here's the story...

It was D.E. Barrett, from the working class of West Brattleboro, who convinced the powerful in town to give electricity a chance, and it was the working people of town who outvoted the powerful business owners to make electric power a reality in Brattleboro. Here's the story...

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