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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: May 8, 2018
Caption: Electrifying Bonners Ferry Marker
Additional Description: Captions:(center left) Pelton wheel fro the Myrtle Creek power plant; (top right) This 1906 photograph shows power poles in downtown Bonner's Ferry, but it would be years before the city had reliable power.; (center) In this 1928 photo of John Chevreneil's bakery, look closely for signs of modernization made possible by electric power.; (bottom left) Pharmacist J.F. Cook's turbine and power plant was the first attempt at getting power from the Myrtle River (1907).
Submitted: August 30, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p443358
File Size: 3.558 Megabytes

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