The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945 Page: 146
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[pochal [vents in Texas History
Here are some of them related in Dr. Rupert Norval Rich-
ardson's great book, "Texas, the Lone Star State," published
by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
"The production of power," he says, "was a local industry
until about 1913, when the Texas Power & Light Company
constructed a transmission line from Waco to Fort Worth
and Dallas. Soon small concerns were consolidated, and out-
lying communities were supplied by high-voltage transmis-
sion lines radiating from huge plants. Electric power was no
longer a monopoly of the cities; every town and hamlet
could be served by the 'high lines.' Development was very
rapid after the first World War; it was hastened by the avail-
ability of oil and gas for fuel and the discovery that lignite
could be used for fuel to produce electric power. The Texas
Power & Light Company set up its great generating plant on
the Trinity River in Henderson County in 1925, using lignite
for fuel .... "
The Texas Power & Light Company is truly a pio-
neering institution-built by Texans, manned by
Texans and dedicated to the upbuilding of Texas.
Always a champion of agricultural and industrial
development, this Company pioneered rural elec-
trification of Texas ... pioneered development of
Texas' iron and lignite deposits... pioneered
establishment of textile, cheese, and milk proc-
essing plants and the development of the dairy
industry.
In the present war emergency, this Company
has met promptly and effectively every call for
electric power for the war program without any
curtailment of service to its regular customers.
Today, all of this Company's resourcefulness and
resources are dedicated to Victory!
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
a Pioneering Texas Institution
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