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Puget Sound Energy (a group admin) says:
14 Sep 10 - Welcome to the official Puget Sound Energy group for the Snoqualmie Falls Hydro Facility.
We know you get out there and take a ton of photos. Share your best of the best photos from our beautiful facility.

About Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project

The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project is located about 30 miles east of Seattle on the Cascade Mountains' western slope. The project consists of a small diversion apparatus just upstream from Snoqualmie Falls, and two powerhouses. The first powerhouse, encased in bedrock 260 feet beneath the surface, was the world's first completely underground power plant. Built in 1898-99, it also was one of the Northwest's first large hydropower plants. The project's second generating plant, located a quarter-mile downstream from the falls, was built in 1910 and expanded in 1957. Together, the two power plants currently have 44 megawatts of generating capacity.

http://www.pse.com/energyEnvironment/energysupply/pages/EnergySupply_ElectricityHydro.aspx?tab=2&chapter=1

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