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North Substation interior showing the 15,000 kVA synchronous condenser, October 22, 1924
North Substation interior showing the 15,000 kVA synchronous condenser, October 22, 1924
TitleNorth Substation interior showing the 15, 000 kVA synchronous condenser, October 22, 1924
PhotographerUnknown
Date1924
NotesPhotographs of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project constructed between 1918-1961.

Seattle City Light's North Substation was completed ca. 1924 and was located north of Green Lake at East 75th Street.

A synchronous condenser is a synchronous machine running without mechanical load and supplying or absorbing reactive power to or from a power system. Also called a synchronous capacitor, synchronous compensator or rotating machinery.

Caption on image: 5252. 10-22-24

Caption below image: 15000 KVA Syn. Condenser, No. Sub.

PH Coll 45.1-4
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Capacitors--Washington (State); Electric substations--Washington (State); Hydro electric power plants--Washington (State)
Digital CollectionSeattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Order NumberWWDL0324
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionSeattle City Light Albums. PH Coll 45
Object TypePhotograph
Physical Descriptionsilver gelatin, b&w
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005
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