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Powerhouse interior showing placement of water wheel and rotor shaft in no. 3 generating unit bearings, June 8, 1904

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Title Powerhouse interior showing placement of water wheel and rotor shaft in no. 3 generating unit bearings, June 8, 1904
Creator Unknown
Date 1904
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.

Handwritten on image: No. 250. June 8, '04. Placing water wheel and rotor shaft in bearings, #3 unit.

PH Coll 269.250
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Electron Plant
Subject Puget Sound Power and Light Company--Facilities--Washington (State); Progress Photographs Water-wheels--Washington (State)--Puyallup River; Hydroelectric power plants--Washington (State)--Puyallup River; Electron Power Plant (Wash.)
Relation Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Identifier Puget Power 250 http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,480
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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