The power of Snoqualmie Falls / directed by Stephen Sadis ; produced by Sadis Filmworks, Erika Sunmark, Camille Spitzer, Johnna Turiano, Jeri Vaughn ; Puget Sound Energy.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Sadis, Stephen, director, screenwriter.

Sunmark, Erika, producer.

Spitzer, Camille, producer.

Turiano, Johnna, producer.

Vaughn, Jeri, producer.

Sadis Filmworks (Firm), production company.

Puget Sound Energy, production company.

Great Northern Filmworks (Firm), production company, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baker, Charles H. (Charles Hinckley), 1864-1924.

Baker, Charles H.

Puget Sound Energy--History.

Puget Sound Energy.

Hydroelectric power plants--Washington (State)--Snoqualmie Falls (Waterfall).

Hydroelectric power plants.

Snoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall)--Power utilization.

Snoqualmie Falls (Wash. : Waterfall).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Seattle, WA : Great Northern Filmworks, 2008.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

At a time when electricity was still in its infancy, civil engineer, Charles Baker, envisioned a plan to build the world's first underground hydro-electric plant beneath the shoulder of Snoqualmie Falls. Baker and his crew drilled down 270 feet of solid rock, dug out a cavern the size of two basketball courts, assembled the massive equipment and strung 27 miles of electrical lines 27 miles to Seattle - all in the span of 16 months. When the switch was thrown in 1899, electricity surged through the lines and the Northwest would never be the same.

Participant:

Narration, Henry Dardenne.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed August 22, 2023).

OCLC:

1397450539