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A New Debate Thanks in part to Samuel Insull, the issue of rural electrification spawned a great national battle. Should so much power over such a crucial force be vested in the hands of private corporations? Or should the government take a hand in stringing the wires into the hinterlands? |
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  How engineers contained and controlled the Colorado and Mississippi rivers. Thomas Edison lights up New York City; Sam Insull brings power to Chicago; and TVA electrifies rural America Constructing the George Washington Bridge Putting a major highway under Boston  |
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