Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation - Coffeeville, AL
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N 31° 45.352 W 088° 05.099
16R E 397244 N 3513887
Located at the intersection of U.S. 84 and River Street, marker notes the history of bringing electric power to the black belt counties of Clarke and Washington.
Waymark Code: WMNB0X
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2015
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Marker text:
The Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation was organized near this site on March 2, 1936, by some 83 members from Clarke and Washington Counties. This was the first rural electric cooperative organized in Alabama under an executive order signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 11, 1935. The co-op's original board of directors included Joe C. McCorquodale, Sr., Ben Glover, C. R. Myrick, R. S. McNeill, and H. E. Langlois. The co-op's first attorney was C. B. Gilmore of Grove Hill and its first general manager was Garrard Harrell of Jackson.
The Co-op was first located in Coffeeville, but later moved to Commerce Street in Jackson. The cooperative serves members in Clarke, Washington, Baldwin, Monroe and Wilcox counties.
Marker Name: Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Rural Electric Association in cooperation with Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation.
Date Dedicated / Placed: Not Listed
Marker Number: Not Listed
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