Grays Harbor Railway & Light powerhouse — 5/3/1930 — #11815_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Aberdeen AND Hoquiam
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
Thanks to Sam Talley who notes: "The Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company started in 1904 to produce electric power and operate an electric railway. Current was supplied by an Anderson & Middleton sawmill and also by a power plant at the north end of Myrtle street. It was to become known as Electric Park. By 1913 the system had 13 miles of electric rail lines and over 30 rail cars. It also had 15 freight cars. In 1914 a streetcar barn was built. There were five different lines in the system with the longest being almost 5 miles between Aberdeen and Hoquiam and the second longest being between Aberdeen and Cosmopolis. When automobiles become plentiful and with the onset of the Depression, the system was abandoned in 1932. The power company became today’s Grays Harbor Public Utility District and remains at the Electric Park site."
