Early AEC linemen framing poles and digging holes with an A-frame truck.
Making Life Better When electricity was introduced in the early 1900s, part of a utility’s job was to allay fears and promote its safety and usefulness. Skeptics labeled electricity as the “new Jezebel,” its incandescent glow in the night “seducing young men into the arms of immorality.” As for health, “The untapped electrical fluid leaking from these outlets and wire…may cause serious bodily damage and—with prolonged exposure—possibly death.” By 1951, however, doubters had turned into believers. 38