Rainier Power and Railway Company
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- Aug 20, 1892Seattle's Early Electric Power WarsAs rival power companies rush to wire the city, a price war breaks out, forcing residents to choose between competing arc-light contracts.Seattle, WA
- Jan 18, 1895Creditors Move to Take Over Seattle's Rainier Railway and LightA receivership fight ends quietly as the Third Street line, Western Mill and electric plant are slated for sale to a new creditor-owned company.Seattle, WA
- Jan 27, 1895A Receivership Sale Rewires Seattle's Street RailwayBondholders sign a deal to merge the troubled Rainier Power and Railway Co. into a new Third Street Suburban Railway Company, with the Denny family’s claims still shaping the terms.Seattle, WA
- Jun 20, 1895The Night a Streetcar Powerhouse Fire Left Half of Seattle DarkA pre-dawn blaze at Fifth and Pine gutted the Consolidated Street Railway plant, destroyed nearly all its cars and dynamos, crippled three lines, and blacked out everything north of Pike Street.Seattle, WA