A Map of American Electricity Use in 1921

[Story]

Before the Tennessee Valley Authority, before the Hoover Dam... notice how the power use rankings match the rust belt of devastated American manufacturing in the late 20th century.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolo...p-of-american-electricity-use-in-1921/278147/

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing!

 

[fashion frank]

Wow that is so cool.
You tend to think that it would be uniform across the country but not so .
Thank 's for sharing this with us .

All the Best ,Fashion Frank

 

[Stanley Doble]

This was before there was a nation wide electrical grid too. In rural areas you had to go to a town or city to find electricity you could plug into. Although some farms had their own windmill or gas engine power plants. Rural electrification did not reach many areas until the sixties.

 

[David Conwill]

Fascinating. Also amazing how it grates on me as Michigander to see us ranked behind Ohio.