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Scraper working in railway line spur near powerhouse site, April 25, 1903
Scraper working in railway line spur near powerhouse site, April 25, 1903
TitleScraper working in railway line spur near powerhouse site, April 25, 1903
PhotographerUnknown
Date1903
NotesConstruction 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.

A spur track 2 1/2 miles long was built from Kapowsin Station of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad to a new station at Electron and continued a mile further to the powerhouse site.

Caption on image: No. 66. 4/25/03.

Handwritten on image: Looking up line spur to power house. Camera at 3 + 75. Scraper working in cut.

PH Coll 269.66
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Electron Plant
Subjects (LCTGM)Puget Sound Power and Light Company--People--Washington (State); Puget Sound Power and Light Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State); Progress photographs
Subjects (LCSH)Scrapers (Earthmoving machinery)--Washington (State)--Puyallup River; Railroads--Washington (State)--Puyallup River--Design and construction; Hydroelectric power plants--Washington (State)--Puyallup River--Design and construction; Construction workers--Washington (State)
Digital CollectionSeattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Order NumberWWDL0054
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Negative NumberPuget Power 66
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionPuget Sound Power and Light Company Photographs. PH Coll 269
Object TypePhotograph
Physical Descriptionsilver gelatin, b&w : 8 x 10 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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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