Pea River Electric Membership Corporation, Blue Springs, AL
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N 31° 39.831 W 085° 30.337
16R E 641672 N 3504146
A short history of the first electric service in this area
Waymark Code: WMH46M
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2013
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The Pea River Electric Membership Corporation was energized on this site on June 8, 1939. This rural electric cooperative was organized under an executive order signed by President F. D. Roosevelt on May 11, 1935. Rural members of Barbour, Dale and Henry counties gathered on this bridge to witness the beginning of electric service into their rural areas when 301 homes and businesses received power for the first time. The organizing directors were S.K. Adams, J.G. Sanders, Lloyd Smith, J.Y. Johnston, L.A. Pitts, R. W. Ward, and H.J. Thompson. Corporation attorney was P. C. Clayton; manager was A.B. Robertson, Sr. The co-op’s name was changed to the Pea River Electric Cooperative on June 10, 1940.
Marker Name: PEA RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by Pea River Electric Cooperative Inc.
Date Dedicated / Placed: May 1985
Marker Number: Not Listed
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