'Community Within a Community!' August 14 1960.
Trico continued to maintain the electrical components of our building. I knew the men at Trico-- they were friendly and efficient. We had a leak from the third floor guest apartment which corroded one of the meters. Trico came out and replaced the meter and did the repairs. Expensive but it had to be done.
Our meters were all indoors, as well as large transformer, with power run in from roof. Truly a modern innovation for the time. These were the days of new dams in the Northwest and bountiful electricity!
Miles of Romex cable were routed to outlets all over the building-- like a little city-- Benton Manor was so well designed and constructed it needed little maintenance through the years. I never heard of a need for electrical repairs except for that of a leak from the shower (above) in the Service Meters bank in the store room.
Miles of Romex cable were routed to outlets all over the building-- like a little city-- Benton Manor was so well designed and constructed it needed little maintenance through the years. I never heard of a need for electrical repairs except for that of a leak from the shower (above) in the Service Meters bank in the store room.
