FIRST - Electric Generating Station - Astoria, Oregon
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N 46° 11.432 W 123° 50.626
10T E 434889 N 5115563
Plaque along Hwy 30 in Astoria.
Waymark Code: WM12AX
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2006
Views: 17
This plaque is located on a granite stone on sidewalk in front of a vacant lot west of Rivershore Motel along Hwy 30 in Astoria.
Text of Plaque: On Christmas Eve, 1885, direct current flowed from a small dynamo in a planer shed of West Shore Lumber Mills to light Astoria’s first electric lamps. Wires strung across housetops connected the dynamo to 30 arc lamps. Customers paid $16 a lamp per month to enjoy the novel service instituted by J.C. Trullinger, proprietor of West Shore Mills and an Oregon pioneer of 1847. Out of his early venture grew Astoria Electric Company, which in 1910 became an original part of the Pacific Power & Light Company system. This commemerative marker contributed by Pacific Power in recognition of pioneers of the electric industry.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 12/24/1885
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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