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Residential and Commercial Electric Lighting

 
 
Residential and Commercial Electric Lighting Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, November 11, 2022
1. Residential and Commercial Electric Lighting Marker
Inscription. Residential and commercial electric lighting proliferated in cities in the 1880s.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.
 
Location. 36° 10.272′ N, 86° 47.298′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in North Capitol. It is on 7th Avenue North, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37219, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Julia Doak (here, next to this marker); Lane College (here, next to this marker); Swift Memorial College (here, next to this marker); Lizzie Crozier French founded the Ossoli Circle (here, next to this marker); Women's Christian Temperance Union (here, next to this marker); Iroquois (here, next to this marker); 1880 Population (here, next to this marker); East Tennessee University (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.
 
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Residential and Commercial Electric Lighting Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, November 11, 2022
2. Residential and Commercial Electric Lighting Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 111 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 12, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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