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Media

A curated collection of print and visual media, from historical pamphlets and books to advertisements and documentary film.

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Black-and-white photograph showing an ESB promotional parade float mounted on a lorry, displaying messages about the benefits of electricity while spectators watch from the roadside.

Transport photo gallery

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black-and-white photograph showing a steam excursion train travelling beside the hydroelectric power station, with steam rising from the locomotive as it passes along the waterside track.

IRRS - Ardnacrusha Train Photos

Photographs

Black-and-white photograph showing workers laying electricity distribution cables along a roadside. A large cable drum is being unwound while a group of workers guide the cable beside a stone wall.

Laying of Early Distribution Cables, 1929 – 1930

Photographs

Tim Slevin rural photo collection

Photographs

Black-and-white photograph showing ESB workers taking a break around a campfire at a rural work site during the Rural Electrification Scheme, with cooking equipment visible in the foreground.

Jerry Corbett - Rural photo collection

Photographs

Large circular generator component raised on transport supports beside a rural road, with several people standing nearby and a bicycle visible in the foreground.

Transport of Ardnacrusha generator components, Limerick

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