Record Details
Tacoma substation interior showing motor generators, October 21, 1904
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Tacoma substation interior showing motor generators, 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. 328. Oct. 21, '04. Interior T.R. & P. Co.'s sub-station showing 2-500 K.W. motor generator sets and 1000 K.W. synchronous... |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Subject | Tacoma Railway & Power Company--Facilities--Washington (State)--Tacoma; Progress photographs Electric substations--Washington (State)--Tacoma; Hydroelectric generators; Electron Power Plant (Wash.); Puget Sound Power and Light Company |
| Relation | Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection |
| Identifier | Puget Power 328 http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/ww-swps,642 |
| 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 |
