Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
BOLAND-B13591
Date(s)
- 1925-10-25 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Hundreds had gathered on October 25, 1925, on the bluff overlooking the Narrows, to watch the Cushman power lines being laid across the Narrows. Hydroelectric power from the Cushman Dam on the Skokomish River would travel on a 40-mile transmission line, including a suspension across the Narrows strait which spanned 6,244 feet of water. Work, under the direction of Star Iron & Steel, would proceed from October 21 to November 19th in stretching six big Cushman power steel cables across the Narrows from Point Evans to Tacoma. Tacoma had grown tremendously following WWI in both economy and population and more power was necessary to support the area. G43.1-030 (www.lib.washington.edu/Special Coll-article; TDL 10-21-25, p. 1-article; TNT 10-26-25, p. 16)
Spectators--Tacoma--1920-1930; Electricity--Tacoma; Hydroelectric power--Tacoma; Electric lines--Tacoma--1920-1930;