Date: February 4, 1927

Title: Michigan's first rural electrical power line, reaching from Mason to Dansville, begins operation

Description:

This rural electrification project was a joint effort between Michigan State College, farm organizations, Consumers Power Company, and twelve farm families who wanted the service.  The line was built during 1926-1927, and was energized on February 4, 1927.



For more information see "The Economic and Social Aspects of the Mason-Dansville Experimental Electrical Line" by Richard Alan Schroeder (1946), which is available at the MSU Library