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Title
D734-4
Date(s)
- 1936-11-28 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On November 23, 1936, an avalanche swept down the mountainside in the evening darkness, completely destroying the Puget Sound Power & Light company power generating plant at Electron, on the upper south fork of the Puyallup River. The landslide broke the four gigantic metal tubes that carried water from the dam above the plant down the mountain, sending a terrific torrent of water through the power house. Although the plant sustained over $1 million in damage, none of the plant employees were badly injured. The generating plant was eventually re-built. (Puyallup Valley Tribune 11/24/1936 p.1)
Landslides--Electron; Avalanches--Electron; Disasters--Electron--1930-1940; Puget Sound Power & Light Co. (Electron);