Olympia Light and Power – 10/5/14
Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives, photograph by Mae Cummins The Olympia Light & Power Company, organized in 1890, brought the first electricity to Olympia and Tumwater, Washington. The waterwheel-generated hydroelectric power plant at Tumwater Falls also powered the streetcars between Olympia and Tumwater. In 1923 it was purchased by Puget Sound Power & Light…