Steam Plant 1916
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This early photograph shows not only the Steam Plant but the gray air the was typical of the coal-powered cities of one hundred years ago. Photography courtesy of Jenny Johnson Brownlee.
This file appears in: Steam Plant: Ghost Signs of Spokane Tour
Steam Plant: Ghost Signs of Spokane Tour
The Spokane Steam Plant began as simple cost saving measure. In the early 1900's the Trustee Company owned five buildings in Spokane's downtown, and hit upon the idea of producing their steam heat…