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Metrication in Ireland - when did it start

G-Man · 2018-05-31 22:20:48

When did this start in earnest. i.e. when did ESB / CoCos etc. produce all their plans in metric. Perhaps with the Hydro stations being mostly built with German Siemens it would have been quite early ? However I notice this 1970s pamphlet from ESB in 1970s is imperial. Now of course there could be a difference between…

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When did this start in earnest.

i.e. when did ESB / CoCos etc. produce all their plans in metric. Perhaps with the Hydro stations being mostly built with German Siemens it would have been quite early ? However I notice this 1970s pamphlet from ESB in 1970s is imperial.

Now of course there could be a difference between public and internal documentation

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