rural electrification
Farmland gets electricity
Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to countryside and farming areas.
In most developed nations, this happened through government programs in the early-to-mid twentieth century, transforming agricultural life by enabling electric lighting, refrigeration, and powered machinery.
The Rural Electrification Act brought power to remote farms across America.
- substationsVoltage transformation facilities
- transformersVoltage-altering electrical devices
- transmission linesCables carrying electrical current
- power linesElevated electrical conductors
- New DealDepression-era reform agenda
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