Record Details
Men working on a big cut for the railway spur at the powerhouse site, May 30, 1903
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Men working on a big cut for the railway spur at the powerhouse site, May 30, 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: No. 72. 5/30/03 Handwritten on image: Big cut on... |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Puyallup River Watershed |
| Subject | Tacoma Eastern Railroad--People--Washington (State); Progress photographs Railroads--Washington (State)--Puyallup River Watershed--Design and construction; Railroad construction workers--Washington (State)--Puyallup River Watershed; Clearing of land--Washington (State)--Puyallup River Watershed; Electron Power Plant (Wash |
| Relation | Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection |
| Identifier | Puget Power 72 http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,259 |
| 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 |
