Power-lined : electricity, landscape, and the American mind /
Daniel L. Wuebben.
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 236 pages).
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: power-lined landscapes -- Wires in the garden, 1844-1882 -- New York's frontier lines and telegraph forests, 1882-1916 -- California's networks: wooden poles, lattice steel towers, and modernist pylons, 1907-1972 -- Public perceptions and power line battles, 1935-2013 -- Conclusion: the future of the power-lined landscape.
9781496215987
Electrification--History.--United States Electric lines--History.--United States Electric power distribution--History.--United States Landscape changes--History.--United States