Review article
A contribution to the history of public lightning and electrification of Gospić
Vladimir Šulentić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2631-3155
Abstract
The paper presents the chronological development of public lighting and electrification of Gospić in the period from the middle of the second half of the 19th
century until the decade after the end of the Second World War when the energy
network of Gospić was fitted into the state distribution system. The beginnings
of public lighting in Gospić with the technology of kerosene lamps was recorded
in the last years of the Croatian Military Frontier, and it remained in such a form
for half a century. The context of public lighting in the social life of Gospić was
analysed, as well as the complex political situations due to which Gospić lagged
behind in other areas, especially in terms of technology. Special attention is given
to the period of the 1920s, when electricity finally came to Gospić, and with it
modern light. In 1925, the Municipal Lightning Plant Gospić was put into operation, and the fact that the first reconstruction was carried out after only four years shows how much the population needed electricity. As such, the plant was in
use until the mid-1950s when Gospić received a new diesel thermal power plant,
which operated for a very short time due to expensive electricity production. With
the founding of „Elektrolika Gospić“ in 1956, a unique company for the distribution of electricity in the Lika area, and the completion of a five-year project to
build a series of transmission lines, Gospić finally in 1961 got a modern and secure source of electricity.
Keywords
power plant; electrification; lamplighter; lighting; electricity
Hrčak ID:
256540
URI
Publication date:
23.4.2021.
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