Beyond Progress. Substations, Informality, and Environmental Changes

Beyond Progress: Substations, Informality, and Environmental Changes

This is the sixth post in Urban and Environmental Dialogues, our January collaboration with the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE). For other entries in the series, see here. By Yohad Zacarías S. Between 1920 and 1930, the Chilean Electric Company Limited, Santiago Municipality, and the Chilean government built 100 electric substations to transmit and distribute electrical power throughout Chile’s capital city. The project was a…

Beyond Progress. Substations, Informality, and Environmental Changes

This is the sixth post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole. Between 1920 and 1930, the Chilean Electric Company Limited, Santiago Municipality, and the Chilean government built 100 electric substations to transmit and distribute electrical power throughout Chile’s capital city. The project was ambitious, especially considering Santiago’s small urban area, just 3,000 hectares with 507,296…