The transformation of the twentieth century is phenomenal. Formerly, when night came everything would stop. Today, when it gets dark life begins.
The items were available for the lighting were very small, oil lamps for homes and farms. Although the farms was usually the fire and the torch, which was extracted from the old pines and raised in sunny. To go to sleep and take care of the animals were using the oil lamp, with the corresponding fuse.
In the village houses had two or three wick oil candles, sold in the store. Also used a lot of wax candles, which put them in a espalmatoria, which accounted for all the wax burned. If, for family reasons, had to go to a wake, used a lantern with a candle in the middle, protected by a side window.
The men went out at night with the blanket over his shoulder to the bar, facing the dark. In the bars and cafes were setilenos (acetylenes), a sort of bottle with a glass tube top, and a screw in the base to regulate the light. At twelve were closing the premises, but the boys were from corner to corner, insulting each other. If passed one loose, I undertook a shock of cloth, and sent to bed. Also did piss the night watchman, who was with peaked cap, a spear, and a lamp or lantern with a candle in the middle. The serene haunted by the people think that since ten o'clock at night until four o'clock or so. I think it took only some key, some great, if I had to accompany him. There were times when the boys did piss. Others invited him to a botifarra or lunch, and he delighted to spend the night out. Sang the hours and the weather was (cloudy or serene).
For Holy Week processions, they were all with candles and torches, which lit up everything.
When they irrigate Dellasegre Campells and built a large pond with many turbines, which were used to grind wheat and corn. He was called the mill. But then early in the century, they put a generator and a transformer, with a guard, and passed the light to the people. Although it was a dim light and with many blackouts, was a great event.
But the problem occurred. It turns out to The Farm's Escarpment did not sit well Mequinenza light. Had very bad relationships, as always. At night, in the end let down water from the river, the raft was left without water, the turbine stops, and did not produce light. Then came the clearing and cleaning of the ditch, which was two or three weeks without water. After the summer, which by binding water (made courses), and until they reached Dellasegre took forever. They had four days and three Dellasegre Campells. Then, the sabotage of granjolinos, which were every day.
So time went on, until that from the overnight, some men came from the Canadian company, studied the land by the battery, next to the Corral de Rayet, filled it with everything from large coils of wire, a building made quick and running, and set up a Transformers great. Assemble finished, put an employee in the Central, two for reviews of the lines and a collector.
gradually putting all the neighbors were going electric light. This was between 1918 and 1920. First lit up the streets. After the homes of the rich first, then those of the poor. At first there were some very tragic cases, lack of experience. The first was a worker who repaired a line in a border. He gave the power, fell off the ladder and was already dead. The second, a woman who was ironing and, when holding the plate, was electrocuted. The third was a bit shocking. It was summer, it was very hot and it was night. We were having dinner. Were enbaldosando the Plaza de Armas and sent a pawn to get a pitcher of fresh water into the well of Ca Bourbon in front of our house. By going to turn out the light, was arrampado , giving a scream that went around the neighborhood. I was the first to be closer. I kicked the cable, and the operator left without saying goodbye to anyone. Her hands were wet, and so I went with the flow.
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