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<p>The plant, also known as the Hydro House or the Power House, opened in 1912. It served as an emergency power supply for the city should the Cedar Dam plant fail. Construction photo of emergency generating plant, Seattle City Light, on Eastlake Ave. above Lake Union. Space to the north (right) was later occupied by Lake Union Steam plant. Pictured building is now a coffee bar (1997).
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<hr><div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg/220px-Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg/330px-Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg/440px-Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Union_Steam_Plant_04.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>In 2007.</div></div></div> That's Lake Union behind the building.</div>
1911<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1911-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15015coll4/id/3559">Record in source catalog</a></li>
<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/980e8cef14906652e194bcf7ddef7dc1">980e8cef14906652e194bcf7ddef7dc1</a></li>
<li>Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_gpn_184</li></ul></span>