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Seattle City Light power plant, Seattle, 1937
Seattle City Light power plant, Seattle, 1937
TitleSeattle City Light power plant, Seattle, 1937
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date1937
CaptionSeattle City Light built a coal-burning steam plant in 1906 to generate electricity for the growing city. With its large windows and smokestacks, this distinctive building on Lake Union is still a landmark. The power plant operated until 1984. It is now the home of a research company which has preserved the building's earlier character.
NotesHandwritten on image: City Light plant.

Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, City Light, powerhouse at Lake Union.

Caption by MOHAI staff.

Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 7, 1937.
SubjectsPower plants--Washington (State)--Seattle; Public utility companies--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
South Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1986.5.8382
Ordering InformationTo order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph.
Credit LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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