Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.; Appleton Edison Light Company.; Legislators -- Vermont -- Biography.; Hydroelectric power plants -- Wisconsin -- Appleton.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: September 30
Description: Provides information on US Congressman and life-long spokesman for the preservation and care of natural resources, George Perkins Marsh, who delivered a speech on agricultural conditions in New England on September 30, 1847. Also provides information on the world's first hydroelectric power plant, Appleton Edison Light Company, opened on September 30, 1882 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Includes links to documents and photographs about conservation, national parks, and Tennessee Valley Authority dams.
Notes: Title from HTML header (resource last updated Sept. 2001; viewed on Oct. 22, 2003).
Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: [George Perkins Marsh]; title: The Appleton Edison Light Company.