Scope and Contents note Both color and black and white photographic negatives documenting the development of Seattle’s public electric utility, including dam construction, water main installation, and facilities. Includes photos of dam construction in the Cedar River Watershed and the Skagit, and the Boundary Project; transmission lines and substations; City Light facilities, and employees. Subseries of images relate to Boundary Dam, Gorge High Dam, and Ross Dam. Other generating facilities depicted are Cedar...

Scope and Contents note These scrapbooks are a collection of newspaper clippings in date order about Seattle City Light as well as national and international news regarding hydroelectric power and electricity. Some repeated topics include: City Light rates, wages, Works Progress Administration funding, advertisements, the proposed consolidation of City Light and Puget Sound Power and Light, promotions, retirements, and the Skagit River Project. Volume 1 contains clippings from 1935 to 1936. Volume 2 contains...

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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).

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Slides related to the development of public power in Seattle.

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Correspondence, ordinance copies, and court documents relating to the condemnation of property in the Skagit River area for use in power and water supply development.

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

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Mid-20th century records from the Seattle Lighting Department, now known as Seattle City Light.

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...

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Weekly newsletter serving personnel and their families at Diablo and Newhalem. Includes news of social activities, school sports and activities, cultural events, and items related to the comings and goings of employees and their families.