Electron hydroelectric power facility
Electron Hydroelectric Project
Located about 25 miles southeast of Tacoma in the western foothills of Mount Rainier, the Electron Hydroelectric Project has a 22-megawatt generating capacity. Completed in 1904, the project draws water from the Puyallup River, then funnels it to the Electron power plant via a 10-mile span of wooden flume running through the winding river valley."
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Electron Hydroelectric Project
Videos
- "The Crooked Railroad" Play this 1950s-era movie about the "the crookedest railway in the world" -- a 10-mile maintenance line perched atop a wooden flume that feeds water to Puget Sound Energy's Electron Hydroelectric Project powerhouse, located near Mount Rainier in east Pierce County. (12 minutes)
- "Flume Cats & Speeder Busters: Tales of Electron" Play this historic video documentary of the 1985 rebuild of the flume for the Electron Hydro Facility (28 minutes)
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