Record Details
Scraper working in railway line spur near powerhouse site, April 25, 1903
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Scraper working in railway line spur near powerhouse 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: No. 66. 4/25/03. Handwritten on image:... |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Electron Plant |
| Subject | Puget Sound Power and Light Company--People--Washington (State); Puget Sound Power and Light Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State); Progress photographs Scrapers (Earthmoving machinery)--Washington (State)--Puyallup River; Railroads--Washington (State)--Puyallup River--Design and construction; Hydroelectric power plants--Washington (State)--Puyallup River--Design and construction; Construction workers--Washington (State) |
| Relation | Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection |
| Identifier | Puget Power 66 http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,430 |
| 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 |
