Photographs of Frank McLaughlin 1936-1946

McLaughlin, Frank, 1895-1972

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Frank McLaughlin was president of Seattle's Puget Sound Power and Light Company from 1931 to 1960. Initially sent by his employer, the nationwide utility holding firm Stone and Webster, McLaughlin had the task of salvaging the firm's investment in Puget Power as it confronted the Depression economy and the social and political agitation for public ownership of electric power companies. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Puget Power faced public condemnation and repeated attempts at confiscation. Mc...

Webster & Stevens

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Dudley, Roger

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Puget Sound Power and Light Company

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Puget Sound Power & Light Company dominated the power and transportation business in the Pacific Northwest region during the first half of the twentieth century. The origins of "Puget Power" are connected to the early activities of Massachusetts-based Stone & Webster Engineering Consulting Corporation. In the first decade of the twentieth century, Stone & Webster initiated aggressive expansion of the company's interests in Washington State. Its acquistion and...