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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Public Utilities

 Subject
Subject Source: Nwda

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Lake Washington Floating Bridge Construction Album

 Series
Identifier: 2613-11
Abstract

114 prints showing the progression of construction at the west end of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge.

Dates: 1939-1940

Legal Opinions Regarding Public Utilities

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4401-04
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1907-1972

Mayor's Reorganization Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 5005-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1972-1980

Engineering Department Negatives

 Series — Volume 680
Identifier: 2613-07
Abstract

Photographic negatives documenting public works, city employees, and elected officials.

Dates: 1910-1994

City Light Newhalem and Diablo Dams Construction Photograph Albums

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1204-10
Abstract

Photograph albums, 1919-1936, illustrating the planning and construction of Gorge and Diablo Dams and their respective power houses on the Skagit River.

Dates: 1919-1936

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files II

 Series
Identifier: 4648-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1968-1978

Register of Franchise Reports

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1805-02
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1898-1911

Norm Rice Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5272-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1990-1997

City Light Ross Dam Construction Photograph Albums

 Series
Identifier: 1204-12
Abstract

Photographs documenting the construction of Ross Dam on the Skagit River, 1938-1948.

Dates: 1938-1948

Paul Schell Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5279-01
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1998-2001

City Light Accountability Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1200-17
Abstract

Reports to the Superintendent from branches and divisions of City Light

Dates: 1996-2003

City Light Advertising Scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 1201-03
Abstract

Scrapbooks containing newspaper, magazine, and other advertisements from Seattle City Light.

Dates: 1954-1974

City Light Biomass Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 1206-06
Abstract

Records regarding a research project for generating electricity

Dates: 1978-1985

City Light Boundary Dam Project Records

 Series — Box 12
Identifier: 1206-07
Abstract

Planning records for Seattle's Boundary Dam.

Dates: 1933-1983; 1953-1969

City Light Capital Improvement Project Management Team Records

 Series
Identifier: 1202-06
Abstract

Planning records for City Light's Capital Improvement Program

Dates: 1996-2000

City Light Central Files

 Series
Identifier: 1200-16
Abstract

Records of Superintendent Randall W. Hardy and other staff of Seattle City Light .

Dates: 1988-1992

City Light Communications and Public Affairs Division Digital Photographs

 Series
Identifier: 1204-19
Abstract

Digital images of Seattle City Light including personnel, elected and appointed officials, hydroelectric facilities, solar energy, and public events.

Dates: 2000-2020

City Light Community Relations Records

 Series
Identifier: 1201-15
Abstract

Records relating to City Light's community outreach efforts.

Dates: 1982-1994

City Light Copper Creek Dam Project Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 1206-09
Abstract

Records of a proposed hydroelectric project on the Skagit River

Dates: 1974-1981

City Light Creston Coal Plant Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 1206-10
Abstract

Planning records for a coal plant in Creston, Washington

Dates: 1980-1984

City Light Customer Service Administration Records

 Series
Identifier: 1205-02
Abstract

Administrative records of the City Light Branch that interacts directly with customers

Dates: 1982-2001; 1991-1998

City Light Department History File

 Series
Identifier: 1200-11
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1894-1972

City Light Employee Scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 1201-08
Abstract

Scrapbooks assembled by a City Light employee, containing photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera related to the organization and its employees.

Dates: 1874-1959 1932-1959; 1932-1959