By the 1910s, electricity from Seattle City Light powered homes and businesses as well as the streetlights and trolleys. This photo, taken in 1914, shows a Seattle City Light line crew and their horse-drawn wagon parked near a power line. The caption on the photo notes that this was one of four line crews, and identifies the workers as, left to right: Ed Harney, Bill Morehouse, "60" Chamberlain, Helper, Helper, Chas. Rauch, Gil Hobbe, and "Pop" Greer (Team Owner).
Photograph was made from copy negative of original print.
ID Number: SHS17525
Date: 1914
Physical Description: 1 photograph print: b&w ; 5.5 x 6.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
