Seattle Electric Co workers with wagon, Seattle, ca 1900 (MOHAI 93)

In 1886, the private Seattle Electric Light Company installed the first Edison electrical system west of the Mississippi. Soon, a number of independent electric companies supplied power to local city residents and businesses. Many of these were later consolidated into the Seattle Electric Company. The city-owned Seattle City Light started in 1902.
This photo, taken around 1900, shows a Seattle Electric Company crew taking a break while they string electrical wires in a Seattle neighborhood.
Caption on image: Wilse.

Caption by MOHAI staff.
Subjects (LCTGM): Horses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Public utility companies--Washington (State)--Seattle; Government employees--Washington (State)--Seattle