Colonel Thomas Johnson

Historical marker location:

3737 Main Street (U.S. 5), Newbury, Vermont

( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 5) 0.6 miles north of Oxbow Road, on the right when traveling north.)

1742 - 1819.

Vermont was the site of the first long-distance electric transmission: In 1892, the city of Burlington, Vermont became the site of the first long-distance electric transmission in the United States. The transmission allowed for electricity to be transported over a distance of 14 miles.