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History in Motion: More Power To You
8/27/200724:05
The City of Seattle Department of Lighting made this lush color film in the late 1940s to commemorate the expansion of the Skagit River hydroelectric project. See dignitaries examining the dam, and go for a hike into the glacier-studded wilderness of the Upper Skagit River to measure the snow pack. Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives.
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