First Electricity to Town | Cle Elum, WA

The first electricity to town was provided by the Northwest Improvement Company's power plant in 1902. Before that time, kerosene lamps were used.

(ANOTHER STORY, A Collection of Stories About the Early History of the Upper Kittitas County in Washington State, published 2013, Northern Kittitas County Historical Society, Page 17)

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(Northwestern Improvement Company store, located at the corner of Pennsylvania and First Street, early 1900s. Photo courtesy of Northern Kittitas County Historical Society)






           

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