FOR many years some of the streets in Dandenong were lit by 33 gas lamps, which had to be lit and extinguished by hand.
This task was carried out for several years by Mr J. Cromie, manager of the works established in Hutton Street by the Dandenong Gas and Coke Co.
Electric lighting took the place of the old gas lamps in 1914, the supply coming from a battery operated plant established in a powerhouse that stood at the corner of Clow and Stuart streets.
The electric supply proved unsatisfactory as the service developed, there being 55 street lamps of much greater power than the gas on the changeover.
Soon after the launching of the Yallourn scheme, the electricity commission took over the supply and from then on there was a steady improvement in street lighting.
– Journal, 18 March, 1959
