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| Title | Groundbreaking ceremony for the Pavilion of Electric Power, Seattle World's Fair, November 8, 1961 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1961 |
| Notes | From left: Jack McCarthy, secretary-treasurer of the Washington Public Utility District Association; Alden B. Couch, Puget Sound Power & light Company executive and exhibit president; and Seattle World's Fair manager Ewen C. Dingwall.
A model of the exhibit is featured at left, and the base of the Space Needle can be seen in the background. |
| Historical Notes | The Pavilion of Electric Power, sponsored by the electric utilities of Washington State, featured a 40-foot high dam as its backdrop. Three thousand gallons of water a minute, sweeping over six spillways, fell onto a twenty-two foot relief map of Washington State floating in a pond below; the map featured the state's major cities, sixty present and proposed dams, and the electrical transmission system of the region. The exhibit was built to showcase the hydro-electric potential of the state and to highlight innovative new methods of producing low-cost electricity. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)--Facilities; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)--People; Ground breaking ceremonies--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Pavilion of Electric Power (Seattle, Wash.); Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Seattle Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | SEA3405
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Puget Sound Power and Light Company Collection. PH Coll 269 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin; b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2011. |
