Sentence:  The latter now furnishes the <WSD>area</WSD> with electricity distributed from a modern sub-station at Manchester Depot which was put into operation February 19 , 1930 and was improved in January 1942 by the installation of larger transformers . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)