Original Date: 1904 Digital Date: April 27, 2011
Subject: Buildings
Description: Electricity was first widely used on campus by around 1895. Campus improvements to the electricity facilities during the turn of the century included the construction of a heating and lighting plant in 1904, as well as the installation of a system of incandescent light strings placed on the top of building roofs and corners which were light on Thursday and Friday nights in 1907.
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