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Listen: The Folk ProgramFP&L mobile generating unit at Hillsboro Plantation.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
, N2016-8, Box 1
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Public utilities--Florida--Palm Beach County
Energy industries--Florida--Palm Beach County
Electric industries--Florida--Palm Beach County
Electric utilities--Florida--Palm Beach County
Electrification
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Electric industry workers
Electric power production
Electric machinery
Electric generators
Electromechanical devices
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Additional Creator
Physical Description
General Note
FP&L began a rural expansion program in January 1945, designed to help provide more crops and food for Floridians. Belle Glade and Glades County were at the heart of the vast vegetable-producing area benefitting from the electrification program.
Stamped on back: "Florida Pictorial Service".
Biographical Note
Photographer Frank P. Westwood was a Florida Power and Light Company employee for 36 years.
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