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Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project Upgrade
The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, built in the late 1890s and expanded in the early and mid-1900s, is Puget Sound Energy’s oldest power-generating operation. The hydroelectric project’s public park and trails are one of the most popular scenic destinations in the Pacific Northwest.
Top 20 places in Seattle to take your mother — criticism free
(Seattle PI) This one’s for all those Seattle transplants who have parents coming into town for a visit.
Works goes into high gear for Snoqualmie Falls update
Normally, the power generators at the Snoqualmie Falls hydroelectric plant run at a painful roar. This summer, the machinery is silent for the first time in more than a century. The silence is bittersweet for folks like Power Plant Manager Dave Magnuson, who has worked alongside mementos of history at the Puget Sound Energy-run site [...]
Big changes coming to Snoqualmie Falls
If you want to see the power of water in the Northwest, Snoqualmie Falls is a place to witness it. There’s even a place to stand to watch it, a special park complete with trails and observation decks. It sits on land owned by Puget Sound Energy. But the Snoqualmie River is also about electric [...]
Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project
History The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project is Puget Sound Energy’s oldest power-generating operation and the world’s first completely underground power plant. More than a century after its construction, the facility still produces clean, cost-effective electricity for PSE customers. In addition, the hydroelectric project’s public park and trails have for decades been one of the Pacific [...]
A Short History of the Upper Snoqualmie Valley
Pre-Contact About 5,000 years ago, soon after the glaciers receded, humans first came to our Valley. The glaciers left a fertile plain and a magnificent 300 foot waterfall. The river had been moved from its ancient bed by the glacier and could not seek its natural level because of the bedrock encountered at the lip [...]
Eastside Extended: Review of Fall City Roadhouse
I just came across a great review and interview about the Fall City Roadhouse in the archives of one of my favorite local blogs, Cherie Picked. Cherie always uses just the right words to accurately describe the vibe of a place and also has a great photographic eye! I too have an affinity for the [...]
Luring Tourist Dollars to Valley
After two weeks in Seattle, Phra Charoen and Phiriya Phahondon spent the last few days of their vacation exploring the Snoqualmie Valley before returning home to Thailand. The two international visitors are exactly the type of consumers that many Snoqualmie Valley cities and businesses want to target—travelers with disposable income who come for the twinkling [...]
Snoqualmie Falls Park gets face-lift
Tuesday will mark the beginning of an eight-week closure of Snoqualmie Falls Park. During the closure, Puget Sound Energy will undertake major landscaping projects including installing new walkways, lighting and common areas.
A “must” hike: Mist, mud, waterfall and waffles (Part 2)
Q: Speaking of pancakes: Is that Snoqualmie Falls Lodge mix really made or served at Salish Lodge & Spa? A: Uh, no. The pancake/waffle mix with the falls pouring down the front is a product of Continental Mills, of Seattle. For many years, the stuff was ground in St. Louis by Bunge Foods. But Continental [...]
