BOOM TOWN : Ketchikan in the 1950s
Title:
Turning on the Power at Beaver Falls Hydroelectric Plant, October 30, 1954
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
Mayor George H. Beck (left) throws a switch to bring a generator on line for the first time at the new power plant. Henry Erwick, KPU Manager John Weir, Maurice Oaksmith, and plant manager C. I. Patterson observe.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.1205
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