History file, 1900-1980.

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History file, 1900-1980.

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Correspondence, news clippings, brochures and pamphlets, reports, typescript histories, and photographs relating to the agency's history. Major topics include the Cedar Falls power plant, public power, energy in the Pacific Northwest, the Skagit River power project, and biographical material on J.D. Ross, department superintendent from 1911 to 1939.

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Seattle Municipal Archives

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Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Lighting and Water Works.

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Seattle City Light

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Seattle Dept. of Lighting and Water Works created in 1890; city charter amendment in 1910 created the Lighting Dept.; in 1951 the Department purchased the private electrical power supply operations in Seattle; current name of the agency was adopted in 1978 when the Department was reorganized. Seattle approved the purchase of the land and money for construction of the plant in 1913; construction began in 1914, and was finished in 1917. Additions were made in 1918 and 1921. The plant was decommiss...

Ross, J. D. 1872-1939.

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Seattle (Wash.). Lighting Dept.

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Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Lighting.

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