The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 Page: 371
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* HELPING TO MAKI
RT Texas Historyli.
* In the story of Texas' agricultural
and industrial progress, the pio-
neering role of Texas Power & Light
Company looms large.
This Company is truly a pioneering Texas
institution . . . built by Texans . . . manned
by Texans . . . and dedicated to the upbuild-
ing of Texas. In 1913, TP&L Company built
the first high-voltage transmission line in
Texas, making it possible for cities, towns
and rural areas alike to enjoy metropolitan-
type, low-cost dependable electric service. Al-
ways the champion of agricultural and in-
dustrial development, this Company pioneered
rural electrification in Texas, pioneered the
development of iron and lignite deposits,
pioneered in the establishment of textile,
cheese and milk processing plants and in the
development of the dairy industry.
In the recent war emergency, TP&L Com-
pany transmission lines, spreading out over
North, Central and East Texas; made it pos-
sible for large military installations and war
plants requiring as much power as entire
cities to be located in this area with full as-
assurance of abundant, dependable and low-
cost electric power immediately available. This
Company met promptly and effectively every
call for electric power for the war program
without any curtailment of service to its
regular customers.
Today, this Company is again busy helping
to build a greater peacetime Texas. Its in-
dustrial-minded manpower, as well as its
abundant power facilities, are at the disposal
of Texans seeking to develop new or to ex-
pand existing Texas opportunities.
TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
A Pioneering Texas InstitutionI
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946, periodical, 1946; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146056/m1/371/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.