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Workers at spur railway site, April 25, 1903

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Title Workers at spur railway site, April 25, 1903
Creator Unknown
Date 1903
Description Construction photographs of the Electron Plant, a hydroelectric facility on the Puyallup River, built by the Puget Sound Power Company, 1902-1904. This company was acquired by Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company in 1912.

A spur track 2 1/2 miles long was built from Kapowsin Station of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad to a new station at Electron and continued a mile further to the powerhouse site.

Caption on image: Looking up spur railway. Camera sta. 2 +...
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Puyallup River Watershed
Subject Progress photographs. Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--Puyallup River Watershed; Railroads--Washington (State)--Puyallup River Watershed--Design and construction; Electron Power Plant (Wash.); Puget Sound Power and Light Company
Relation Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Identifier Puget Power 67 http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,246
Source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Puget Sound Power and Light Company Photographs. PH Coll 269
Type Photograph
Format silver gelatin, b&w : 8 x 10 in. Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 115 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005

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