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Tacoma substation interior showing transformers, October 21, 1904

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Title Tacoma substation interior showing transformers, October 21, 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.

Tacoma Substation is the receiving station in Tacoma for power transmitted from the Electron Plant.

Handwritten on image: No. 322. Oct 21, '04. T.R. & P. Co.'s sub-station showing in distance 500 K.W. transformers for 13,000 volt...
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
Subject Tacoma Railway & Power Company--Facilities--Washington (State)--Tacoma; Progress photographs Electric substations--Washington (State)--Tacoma; Electric transformers--Washington (State)--Tacoma; Electron Power Plant (Wash.); Puget Sound Power and Light Company
Relation Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Identifier Puget Power 322 http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,641
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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