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Dublin City, Ireland Beigetreten Ekim 2015
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Happy new year to all from ESB Archives. This image promoting electric cooking is from the January 1985 cover of ‘Prospect’, ESB’s monthly marketing magazine⚡️
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During Rural Electrification, ESB often ran cooking demonstrations using all electric kitchen appliances. This Christmas cooking demonstration took place on Patrick Street, Cork, in the 1960’s🎄👩‍🍳 #ESB #ChristmasCooking #Archives
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As Christmas shopping continues we’re looking back at some of the home appliances that ESB sold in the past. This one is simply described as “Hair Dryer with Stand and Hood”, c.1960 💇‍♀️ #ESB #HairCare #ESBArchives #ChristmasShopping
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Excerpts from “Poolbeg: Story of a Generating Station” (1977) 🎥 Shown here are the intro and outro to a 32 minute film documenting the design and construction Poolbeg station, Dublin. #ESB #Poolbeg #PoolbegChimneys #Poolbeighthouse
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Too early to say? First image comes from Electric Mail, ESB’s Staff Magazine, January 1994 ⚽️ Second and third images are from ESB ads in matchday programmes from 1994 and 1993 (vs Hungary), respectively #WorldCup2026 #TroyParrott #BuildTheStatue #ESB #FAI
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Excerpt from “Power for Prosperity” (1963) 🎥 This clip shows the activity of ESB staff during WW2, planning the Rural Electrification scheme and designing the power stations that would power 300,000 newly connected homes. #ESB #ESBArchives #WW2 #RuralElectrification
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In September 1973, a group from CIGRE had the rare opportunity to visit the resevoir atop Turlough Hill before it was filled with water. In the background you can see preparations being made to lift the intake bridge into place 🏗️ #ESB #TurloughHill #WicklowMountains
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“Taking the Cable off the Drum” Recently digitised photograph showing distribution cables being laid on the Milltown-Deansgrange Line, Co. Dublin, June-December 1938 🔌 #ESB #ESBArchives #Electricity
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