Dams
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
City Light Moving Images
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1204-05
Scope and Contents note
Moving images created by or for Seattle City Light depicts various activities and facilities at the department. The footage includes finished productions, raw footage, and outtakes. Public service announcements are also included and cover subjects about electricity conservation and safety, and City Light's apprenticeship training program.Other content documents the history of Seattle City Light along with the planning and construction of various projects including substations,...
Dates:
1925-2011
Found in:
Seattle Municipal Archives
City Light Power Development Data
Series
Identifier: 1206-03
Scope and Contents note
Charts, figures, statistics, performance curves, schematics, diagrams, cost estimates, computations, graphs, property agreements, and reservoir capacity figures on the Skagit River Power Development Project and the Cedar Falls Power Plant. Includes data for the Gorge Powerhouse and Diablo Dam.
Dates:
1909-1940
Found in:
Seattle Municipal Archives
City Light Slide Collection
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1204-04
Abstract
Slides documenting the development of City Light's public power facilities including dams, power houses, transmission lines, substations, and methods of wiring.
Dates:
1890-2000
Found in:
Seattle Municipal Archives
Skagit Project Scrapbooks
Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1208-05
Scope and Contents note
These scrapbooks are a collection of newspaper clippings from daily newspapers, as well as engineering and construction journals, regarding the Skagit River dam projects. They were compiled by William B. Wolfendale, the principal engineer for City Light on the dam projects. The articles are primarily about construction progress and issues, including some technical articles. Repeated topics include: Diablo Dam, Ross Dam, dam designer John Savage, Yangtze River dam, and Wolfendale's retirement...
Dates:
1929-1952; Majority of material found within 1936-1948
Found in:
Seattle Municipal Archives