Union Illuminating Company
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- Apr 4, 1895Seattle's Rival Gas and Electric Firms Merge Under One RoofThe Union Electric Company and the Seattle Gas and Electric Light Company lease their plants to a new Union Illuminating Company, promising customers that 'consumers will be unaffected.'2nd Avenue, 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
- Jun 21, 1895A Powerhouse Fire Couldn't Keep Seattle's Streetcars Down for LongFlames destroyed the Consolidated Street Railway's power house and dozens of cars before dawn, but borrowed dynamos and quick repairs had the lines running again by morning.Seattle, WA
- Jun 23, 1895When Wires Crossed: Seattle's Great Electrical Tangle of 1895A freak accident at 11 p.m. mixed electric light, fire alarm, and telephone lines, cutting off 50 subscribers and burning out equipment across downtown Seattle.Seattle, WA