Julia C.R. Dorr

Historical marker location:

10 Court Street, Rutland, Vermont

( Marker is on Court Street, 0.1 miles north of Center Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1999

1825-1913.

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.