Bay City, OR. Interior of Light Plant

By Mike Parker; posted June 26, 2009
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An interior view of the electric light generating plant in Bay City, Oregon complete with the "gentlemen in charge". Left is the lineman, Merle Ferguson, center is the superintendant, Jud West and right is the engineer, Harley Moon. It does not say that this plant belongs to Coast Power Co. and may not have at the time of this photo, but certainly was owned by them shortly after. It was common in those days for a small town to build it's own light plant, only to have it taken over later by a growing electric utility company. Photo courtesy of Tillamook County Library.

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