Archive for June 12th, 2009
June marks 120-year anniversary of Seattle’s Great Fire and the birth of Seattle Public Utilities
June 6, 2009, marks the 120th anniversary of Seattle’s Great Fire, which started in a cabinet shop on 1st and Madison and demolished 64 acres of the downtown business district in one day. In the wake of the disaster, which the city’s poorly developed, privately-held water system could not contain, Seattle voters[More]
Posted: June 12th, 2009 under Bottom Line.
Tags: Cedar River Watershed, fire, public utilities, Seattle



