Item 74885 - Sign requesting electric power, 1998

Item 74885 - Sign requesting electric power, 1998
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Item 74885
Sign requesting electric power, 1998
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A hand-painted sign reminds utility crews that a home is without power -- and that an electric line is on the ground nearby.

Such signs were frequent during the ice storm of 1998 when many homes in Maine were without electricity for one or two weeks.

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