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Thirty Years of Public Service in Cumberland
A Cumberland Edison Electric history recounts the company’s struggles from 1898 when city patronage ended and street lighting was scrapped, through rebuilding with free meters, new lines, and private residences power. By 1900 the district steam heating began, then renewed Baltimore Street mains by 1912, totaling repairs and expansions under local ownership and ongoing service improvements.
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