Public Utilities
Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:
Lake Washington Floating Bridge Construction Album
114 prints showing the progression of construction at the west end of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge.
Legal Opinions Regarding Public Utilities
Opinions issued by the City Attorney at the request of various City officials regarding public utility issues. Included are Seattle's water system, refuse disposal, electricity, and the street railway and transit systems.
Mayor's Reorganization Project Records
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, issues papers, newspaper clippings, and presentation materials relating to Mayor Royer's departmental reorganization proposals in 1978-1979. Target areas included the Executive Department, transportation planning, utilities, land use, energy, internal or general services, and housing. Arranged into 14 sub-series by issue area and record type.
Engineering Department Negatives
Photographic negatives documenting public works, city employees, and elected officials.
City Light Newhalem and Diablo Dams Construction Photograph Albums
Photograph albums, 1919-1936, illustrating the planning and construction of Gorge and Diablo Dams and their respective power houses on the Skagit River.
Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files II
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.
Register of Franchise Reports
Annual franchise statements required by Ordinance 4953. Includes name of franchise holder, character of franchise, length, date granted, to whom originally granted, date transferred if applicable, whether holder is person or corporation, owners/officers, ordinance granting franchise, and comments. Franchises include telephone and telegraph, railroads, electric street railway, water systems, electric power lines, gas lines, and fire alarm systems among others.
Norm Rice Departmental Correspondence
Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and briefing materials to and from City agencies regarding the full range of municipal government activities during Rice's terms as mayor. Topics include municipal facilities, arts and culture, planning, budget and financial issues, and schools and education, among others. Records are arranged chronologically and then by major departments within City government. Constituent correspondence is included in this record series.
Robert Moran and Robert Moran as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Melissa E. Moran, deceased, vs. The City of Seattle, a municipal corporation, 1934
City Light Ross Dam Construction Photograph Albums
Photographs documenting the construction of Ross Dam on the Skagit River, 1938-1948.
R.T. Dempsey vs. City of Seattle, 1935
Paul Schell Departmental Correspondence
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes related to all City functions during Mayor Paul Schell's administration. Records are organized by City agency responsible for the specific issue addressed in the correspondence. Major topics covered in the materials include transportation, public safety, education, housing and human services, utilities, economic development, the arts, parks, and neighborhoods.
City Light Accountability Reports
Reports to the Superintendent from branches and divisions of City Light
City Light Advertising Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks containing newspaper, magazine, and other advertisements from Seattle City Light.
City Light Biomass Project Records
Records regarding a research project for generating electricity
City Light Boundary Dam Project Records
Planning records for Seattle's Boundary Dam.
City Light Capital Improvement Project Management Team Records
Planning records for City Light's Capital Improvement Program
City Light Central Files
Records of Superintendent Randall W. Hardy and other staff of Seattle City Light .
City Light Communications and Public Affairs Division Digital Photographs
Digital images of Seattle City Light including personnel, elected and appointed officials, hydroelectric facilities, solar energy, and public events.
City Light Community Relations Records
Records relating to City Light's community outreach efforts.
City Light Copper Creek Dam Project Records
Records of a proposed hydroelectric project on the Skagit River
City Light Creston Coal Plant Project Records
Planning records for a coal plant in Creston, Washington
City Light Customer Service Administration Records
Administrative records of the City Light Branch that interacts directly with customers
City Light Department History File
The Seattle City Light Department History File, 1894-1972, consists of correspondence, typed histories, reports, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets related to the history of Seattle City Light.
City Light Employee Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks assembled by a City Light employee, containing photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera related to the organization and its employees.