Photos from PSNH's Archives

14
Jun
And This is All My Pay (1947) Here is an electric bill from April 1947. The customer used 190 kilowatt hours, which is about ⅓ the electricity that the average residential customer uses today. At $5.96, the bill may seem cheap, but it doesn’t compare to this one from 1897! Most interesting is this little poem by Reddy Kilowatt, who appears to be stepping out of an electrical outlet: One full month I’ve labored And this is all my pay Divide this sum by thirty— See how cheap I worked each day.

And This is All My Pay (1947)

Here is an electric bill from April 1947. The customer used 190 kilowatt hours, which is about ⅓ the electricity that the average residential customer uses today. At $5.96, the bill may seem cheap, but it doesn’t compare to this one from 1897!

Most interesting is this little poem by Reddy Kilowatt, who appears to be stepping out of an electrical outlet:

One full month I’ve labored
And this is all my pay
Divide this sum by thirty—
See how cheap I worked each day.
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25
Apr
19th Century Electric Bill (1897) This is a bill from the Hillsboro Electric Light and Power Company, dated February 1, 1897. The customer used 10 ampere hours of electricity for a total of 20¢.

19th Century Electric Bill (1897)

This is a bill from the Hillsboro Electric Light and Power Company, dated February 1, 1897. The customer used 10 ampere hours of electricity for a total of 20¢.

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