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Cumberland Edison Power Saga Opens Great White Way
In Cumberland Md a grand inauguration celebrates the Edison Electric Illuminating Co as it unveils a modern plant and the Great White Way. The article traces the company history, its regional reach into Lonaconing Frostburg Mt Savage and surrounding mines, its cheap power claims and plans for expansion.
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Great White Way
Cumberland
Edison Electric Hluminating Co
Edison Co
The
United States
Power” Magazine
Edison Com
Edison Electric Iluminating Co
Potomac River
Georges Creek
Electric Develoment Co
George A. Eyler
Edison Company
Baltimore Street
Edison
City Council
Lonaconing
Lonaconing Advocate
Edison Electric Hluminating Company of
K. W
Potomac
Allegany County
Home Electric Light Company
Cumberland Concern
Edison Electric
Maryland Coal Company
Edison Power
Georges Creek Coal Company
Frostburg
Hagerstown
Edison Electric & Illuminating Company
Cumberland Company
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Frostburg Hluminating and Manufacturing Co
Mt. Savage
Union Mining Co
Frostburg Illuminating and Manufacturing Co
White Way
Westernport
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Baltimore and Ohio
U.S
Potomac Glass Co
Wellington Glass Co
Western Maryland Lumber Co
Cessna Lumber Co
Canal Towage Co
Power Magazine