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From the Rivers: the Origins and Growth of the New England Electric System
From the Rivers the Origins and Growth of the New England Electric System Author:John T. Landry In 1907, two young New England entrepreneurs revealed a bold plan: to build a dam across the Connecticut River at a remote site in Vermont, and to send the dam's hydroelectricity to the busy factories of central Massachusetts. No one had yet tried to transmit power over such a long distances in the northeastern part of the country. — This book t... more »ells the story of the network that eventually grew out of that first adventurous scheme. Today, the subsidiaries of NEES - New England Electric System - bring together generation, transmission, and retail operations in four states.« less