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1915 – present
The utilities enter the record as firms, with managers and storefronts, before they become infrastructure. The North Liberty Telephone Co. stands in Polk 1916–17 with its manager named: "North Liberty Telephone Co, F S Stroup mgr." By 1967 the carrier advertising in the yearbook is the United Telephone Company — two attestations, no carrier reached dating the change. The electric trade's storefront is Zell O'Connor's: the O'Connor Electric Shop at 109 North Main, opened in the 1930s and operated into the 1960s, its shopfront later incorporated into the 1960 bank building on the same address; the 1940 directory lists "O'Connor Electric," and an earlier name in the trade is Charles F. Irvin, electrician (Polk 1916–17). Modern Electric built the 1960 laundry of the next article and by 1967 advertised as a television and appliance dealer — "RCA, Sylvania, Zenith, Speed Queen — Your TV and Appliance Supermarket." A municipal utility also stands inscribed: the City Hall building carries "North Liberty Water Co. 1915" beside "CITY HALL 1915" (the nomination), registered here for completeness. Present-day electrical trades from the town links page: C & C Electric Motors, 1011 Industrial Parkway, and McCormick Electrical Services, 606 East Center Street. An O'Connor Delivery at 600 South State Street echoes the electric shop's surname on the same town ground; no link is stated by any carrier, and none is printed.