A villamos áram bevezetése Kolozsváron (1894–1906)
The Installation of Electricity in Cluj (1894–1906)

Summary/Abstract: “More lighting” – based on this slogan in 1894 a civilian movement launched its activity to improve the conditions of public lighting and to urge the installation of electricity in Cluj. The political debates, assemblies and negotiations regarding this issue could be characterized as a nearly decade long fight with windmills, which fortunately culminated in a success. However, this long process had a major impact on the city, and profound changes were made. The city devoted an enormous amount of money to the introduction of electricity, more than five million crowns. The economic development stagnated due to the decade long inertia and incompetence of the city leaders, but other urbanization processes also accelerated after the introduction of electricity, in spite of the slow convergence the city of Cluj preserved its central role in Transylvania, and due to its established

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