Electric Works

Portland General Electric Company, 1906 – PDX, OR – Fred King, Featured Guest

Jun 19th, 2014

Although this isn’t the ‘typical’ fading ad, it is something you might be interested in…. The age of the sign was what I found interesting. This sign is on a brick building in a large, electrical substation in NE Portland, OR – Fred King

PGE Boiler #16 in 1988 – Portland General Electric Company, Boiler No. 16, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR” Taken in April 1988? – Wikipedia Commons – CLICK FOR LINK

The utility was founded in 1888 by Parker F. Morey and Edward L. Eastham as Willamette Falls Electric Company. On June 3, 1889 it sent power generated by one of four brush arc light dynamos at Willamette Falls over a 14-mile electric power transmission line to Portland, the first US power plant to do so. – Wikipedia

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PGE also purchased the 1891 Union Power Company in 1905, the 1889 Albina Light & Water Company in 1892, and the 1892 Vancouver Electric Light & Power Company in 1906.PGE, Portland Railway Company, and Oregon Water Power & Railway Company merged in 1906, becoming the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company (PRL&P) – Wikipedia

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Former Staten Island Edison’s Livingston Electric Plant – Richmond Terrace, SI

Nov 18th, 2013

by Frank.

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From 1882 to 1952, Staten Island produced its own electricity. In September 1952, with the turn of a switch, submarine power cables laid across the Narrows to Brooklyn were activated, and power lines connecting Staten Island with Public Service Electric and Gas of New Jersey were shut down. Staten Island Edison’s Livingston electric plant (on what is now a Con Ed parking lot, across Richmond Terrace from its Davis Avenue executive offices), would be retired in 1961 after 64 years of service. Arthur Kill Generator No. 1, built in 1947 with only 25,000 kilowatts capacity, would be retired in 1963. It would be replaced by Arthur Kill No. 2, producing 397,000 kilowatts and built on the site of an old linoleum manufacturing plant, which opened in 1959. Arthur Kill No. 2 is still in operation. – Staten Island Advance, March 26, 2011