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The CROMPTON ARC LIGHT

Replica Crompton Arc Light
Replica Crompton Arc Light - erected 1990s
Tamworth - First City of Light
R.E.B.Cromption - Crompton & Co.  
In 1926 a 33,000 voltage transmission line was built from Tamworth to Manilla. Known as the First City of Light, Tamworth in 1888, became the first place in the southern hemisphere to power street lighting by electricity. Situated in the front yard of Manilla Heritage Museum, this replica Crompton Arc Light was erected by Peel-Cunningham County Council in the 1990s, to commemorate the supply of bulk electricity to Manilla from the Tamworth Power Station in 1927. 
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