Way of Life
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Along with brighter and safer streets, wondrous new inventions appeared in people's homes, farms, and businesses across Woodstock.
 Photo from The Times Dispatch (1911). |
Video clip from Singing Wires (1951) on electricity's impact on farm life.
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With the flip of a switch, the lights would come on. There was no need to fill the lamps, trim the wicks, and wash the globes. Electricity provided greater ease in life.
 Power lines on Main Street. Photo courtesy of the Shenandoah County Historical Society Morrison Studio Photographic Collection. Click to enlarge. |
When a farm, a home, or a business installed electricity, their world opened to entirely new possibilities.
Electricity being provided to Woodstock and other small towns across America was a turning point to a brighter future.
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