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City Light Moving Images ➔ [Power on Skagit]

Moving Image
Identifier:
473
Description
A silent documentary style program on the construction of the Diablo Dam, part of the Skagit Hydroelectric Project run by Seattle City Light. Footage includes construction of the Diablo Dam Powerplant, erecting generators and transmission lines, spillways, Diablo Lake, Colonial Peak, North Cascade Mountains, Skagit River, the City Light facilities in SoDo, workers in line outside of a building at the Diablo Camp, Diablo Incline, a ferry boat next to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line building, Washington Iron Works, and a woman in the woods near the Skagit Hydroelectric facilities petting a fawn. Title cards include: - 6 mile Diablo Lake surrounded by snow-covered mountains. - SEATTLE. THE ELECTRIC CITY / Current from Seattle’s municipal plant is used exclusively in 3 ton electric steel furnace at the Washington Iron Works. - SEATTLE. THE ELECTRIC CITY / Operating Panel handling the 1,200 kilowatt load. - Thousands visit the great Skagit Power Development every year. - Arriving at GORGE the “POWER CITY.” - 190,000 horsepower DIABLO PLANT under construction - 320,000 horsepower capacity. - Erecting the 95,000 horsepower generators…World’s largest when built. - Erection of the 220,000 volt transmission lines. - 390 foot DIABLO DAM, highest in the world when completed in 1930. - 32,000 cubic feet per second passing over the Spillways.
Language:
English
Date created:
circa 1953 Yes
Coverage Date:
1929 – 1953 Yes
Series:

1204-05: City Light Moving Images

Produced:
Seattle
Running Time:
9m 47.2s
Type:
Narrative
Note:
Date estimate is based on years of construction and a calendar on the wall in one shot that shows the month of September 1953.
Subject Terms:
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Citation:
Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, #473, Series 1204-05.
Creator:
Seattle City Light; Seattle (Wash.). Lighting Dept.
Related People/Organizations:
Washington Iron Works
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Skagit River Hydroelectric Project
Diablo Dam (Wash.)
Film Format(s):
16mm mm, 24 fps
Digital Format(s):
MPEG-4 (174 MiB)
Matroska (24 GiB)
Permissions:
Moving image content created by the City of Seattle is public record and does not require permission for use as it is a public record. To use content created by entities other than the City of Seattle, please contact the creator for permission. Please cite moving images materials “Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives” with the item number if possible. The videos streaming here are a low resolution copy. If you require a higher resolution copy, please contact archives@seattle.gov.