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The Gloucester City Electrical Power Station and electrical lighting systems were built in 1881..... ( Page still under construction)
Telephones
The first telephones came to Gloucester City in the 1879. At first there were private telephones lines, later public phone exchange system which service Gloucester City. Dial service would become available in 1953.
In 1879, there were private phone lines that ran from to the various factories businesses back to their offices in Philadelphia.
Gloucester City Historical Society / Cramer Family Collection (30-2)
Take note of the telephone pole