This series is comprised of prints and represents a small portion of the work done by Seattle City Light to electrify Seattle. One hundred and twenty-three prints are available for download on our digital platform; this includes 54 Real Estate Services photos of identified addresses. For a comprehensive look at the work of Seattle City Light, see the SCL negative collection (1204-01).

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.

Slides documenting the development of City Light's public power facilities including dams, power houses, transmission lines, substations, and methods of wiring.

Correspondence, reports, legal records, speeches, and project files relating to early City Light activities. Key topics include the Skagit hydroelectric projects, the merger with Puget Sound Power and Light Company, and the Seattle-Rainier Valley Street Railway. These records were originally acquired by the University of Washington prior to creation of the Seattle Municipal Archives, with this series identified at UW as Accession 33-4.

Slides related to the development of public power in Seattle.

Records of Seattle City Light's hydroelectric projects on the Skagit River