Harrowings

Harrowings

Share this post

Harrowings
Harrowings
Gill Electric Company
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

Gill Electric Company

From the Spring 2017 issue of the Orange County Historical Society's "Record" - written by Paul Carter with some corrections by Harold B. Gill, III

Hal Gill's avatar
Hal Gill
Nov 23, 2024
∙ Paid
1

Share this post

Harrowings
Harrowings
Gill Electric Company
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
Share
From the article - an image of one of the Gill Electric Company’s water heaters. My grandfather manufactured these in his workshop on Monrovia Road.

Harrowings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Among the things that have come up in the “Harrowings” at 100 Underwood Road were a couple of copies of the Orange County Historical Society Record from Spring 2017 which includes an article on the Gill Electric Company which my grandfather founded after getting out of the Navy on personal orders from Franklin Delano Roosevelt during World War II. It figures in the April 24, 2025 post from Harrowings:

Keeping the Dead Alive - Part 3

Hal Gill
·
Apr 24
Keeping the Dead Alive - Part 3

A visit to my late father’s study was like stepping back in time in many ways. I am grateful that I thoroughly photographed it as it was when he shuffled off this mortal coil. He spent his life bringing the ordinary people of 18th century Williamsburg back to life t…

Read full story

Here it is reproduced for paid subscribers below:

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Harrowings to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Hal Gill
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More