Seattle City Light Skagit Hydroelectric Project records, 1908-1975 (bulk, 1921-1957).

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Seattle City Light Skagit Hydroelectric Project records, 1908-1975 (bulk, 1921-1957).

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Correspondence, reports, test data, hydrographic data, project applications, photographs, maps and related material concerning planning and construction of dams and hydroelectric generating plants on the Skagit River. Projects include Diablo, Gorge and Ross dams.

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Seattle Municipal Archives

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Skagit River Hydroelectric Project

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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...