Seattle City Light Substation Photographs, 1955-1986

Overview of the Collection

Title
Seattle City Light Substation Photographs
Dates
1955-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.25 cubic feet
454 digital image files
Collection Number
1204-22, 1992 (Archivists Toolkit Database::RESOURCE)
Summary
Negatives and prints of Seattle City Light power substations in the Seattle region.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Languages
English

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Photographs of Seattle City Light substations in the Seattle region. Depicted are construction of some substations and people working. Over 300 images of construction of the Duwamish substation taken between 1955 and 1956 are available online. Other substations available online are Bothell, Shoreline, Roxbury, Bryn Mawr, and East Pine. Substations included in this collection that are not available online include Arbor Heights, Fauntleroy, Ballard, Glendale, Harris, Mercer, Hazel, Oak Park, East Pine, Seward, Wabash as well as others. Aerials from 1978 of substations are included.View 1204-22 online.

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Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 1 1/1: Canal Substation - 40 color slides 1959-1961
2 2 1/2: Duwamish Substation - 35 color slides 1960-1961
2 3 1204_22_002_003: Duwamish Substation - black and white prints from "C" and "P" series 1960-1975
2 4 1204_22_002_004: Laurelhurst and Licton Springs 1961
2 5 1204_22_002_005: Substations - 20 color slides Includes: Arbor Heights, Fauntleroy, Ballard, Glendale, Harris, Mercer, Hazel, Oak Park, East Pine, Seward, Wabash 1967-1698
2 6 1204_22_002_006: Substation Aerials - 95 color slides Includes: East Pine, Duwamish, Talbot, Broad, Bothell, University, North, South, Shoreline 1965
2 7 1204_22_002_007: Substation Architecture - presentation to IEEE local chapter - 100 color slides. Includes: East Pine, University, Massachusetts, Delridge, Viewland, Creston, Canal, Broad St, Union and Highline 5/25/1988
2 8 1204_22_002_008: Substations - presentation at 1970 Winter Power Meeting - 36 color slides Includes: University, Massachusetts, East Pine 1970
2 9 1204_22_002_009: Unit Substation Installations - black and white prints. Includes: Battery, Bryn Mawr, Carkeek, Fauntleroy, Glendale, Hazel, Innis Arden, Harris, Kinnear, Cedar Park, Dawson, Erskine Way, Lakewood, Matthews, Beach, Licton Springs, Meadowbrook, Meany, Market, Montlake, North Beach, Padilla, Palatine, Oak Park, Seward, Lucile Sheridan, Sunnyside, Thorndyke, Sunnydale, Wabash 1956-1960
2 10 1204_22_002_010: Substations - Slide presentation - includes charts and graphs 1976
1 1 1204_22_001_001: Delridge Substation - Aerials - color prints 1978
1 2 1204_22_001_002: Cedar Falls - Color prints from "C" series 1978
1 3 1204_22_001_003: Canal substation - color prints - aerials 1978
1 4 1204_22_001_004: Broad Street Substation - aerials - color prints 1978
1 5 1204_22_001_005: Bothell substation - aerials - color prints from "C" series 1978
1 6 1204_22_001_006: Beacon Hill substation - color prints - aerials From "C" Series 1978
1 7 1204_22_001_007: Other substations other utilities Aerials from "C" Series 1978
1 8 1204_22_001_008: Distribution- aerials 1978
1 9 1204_22_001_009: Hudson Street Terminus - aerials 1978
1 10 1204_22_001_010: Highline Substation - aerials - color prints - from "C" Series 1978
1 11 1204_22_001_011: Gorge - color prints -aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 12 1204_22_001_012: Georgetown - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 13 1204_22_001_013: East Pine substation - color prints - aerials from "C" series 1978
1 14 1204_22_001_014: Duwamish Substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 15 1204_22_001_015: Diablo - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
Volume
1 16 1204_22_001_016: Viewland substation - color prints -aerials - from "C" series 1978
Folder
1 17 1204_22_001_017: University substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 17 1204_22_001_017: Union substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 18 1204_22_001_018: South substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 19 1204_22_001_019: Shoreline substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 20 1204_22_001_020: Ross - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 21 1204_22_001_021: Northeast substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 22 1204_22_001_022: North substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 23 1204_22_001_023: North Service Center - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 24 1204_22_001_024: Newhalem - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
1 25 1204_22_001_025: Massachusetts Substation - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
Volume
1 26 1204_22_001_026: Lake Union Steam Plant - color prints - aerials - from "C" series 1978
Folder
3 1 1204_22_003_001: Southeast Substations - black and white prints 1960-1960, n.d.
3 2 1204_22_003_002: Southwest Substations - black and white prints, color negatives 1954, 1959-1961, 1964, n.d.
3 3 1204_22_003_003: Northwest Substations - black and white prints 1950, 1960-1961
4 1 1204_22_004_001: Freeway - black and white prints 1960-1962
4 2 1204_22_004_002: Substations - black and white prints 1960, 1963-1964, 1967, 1972
4 3 1204_22_004_003: South Industrial [District] - black and white prints 1961, 1963-1967
5 1 1204_22_005_001: Boeing - black and white prints 1965, 1967
5 2 1204_22_005_002: Construction [various substations and miscellaneous] - black and white prints 1943, 1961, 1963, 1976, n.d.
6 1204_22_6: Crossing Towers & Area Views 1978, n.d.
Folder
2 12 1204_22_002_012: Substations - Roxbury - black and white prints (See items 173646-173648) 1956
2 13 1204_22_002_013: Substations - Duwamish Substation Construction - 120 film 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 negatives Negative numbers 1-496 and approximately 50 unnumbered; approximately 70 not scanned. Scans created from prints in Box 1/27. 1955-1956
1 27 1204_22_001_027: Duwamish Substation construction - prints - majority scanned and available online. Negative numbers 3-426 and 4312-4376. 77 not scanned. 1955-1956