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A view of the substation from the Monroe Street Bridge. The Post Street Electric Substation was designed by Kirtland K. Cutter for the Washington Water Power Company [3] and constructed in 1910 to serve as a low-tension distributing and converting station and as Washington Water Power's primary substation in Spokane. [2]
Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility is the largest wastewater treatment plant for Spokane, capable of handling up to 150 million gallons a day. During low flow periods, the outflow of the plant comprises up to 20% of the Spokane River's water. [ 1 ]
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Spokane (/ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / ⓘ spoh-KAN) [8] is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18.5 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 ...
Deposits of kame from the Cordilleran ice sheet blocked outflow from the Missoula floods, eventually forming Newman Lake as well as other nearby water bodies. [5] It became a site of periodic habitation by native tribes; local legend describes native activity to include harvesting huckleberries for pemmican and collecting camas root to be dried and converted to flour, as well as hunting and ...
It was among the five hottest days in Spokane's recorded history, according to the National Weather Service. The high of 107 took fourth place, behind 1928 and 1961's 108-degree days, and ahead of ...
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Nine Mile Falls Dam is a dam on the Spokane River, in the unincorporated community of Nine Mile Falls, Washington. It was built on the site of the falls in 1908, creating Nine Mile Reservoir . The dam was designed by the New York engineering firm of Sanderson & Porter, and originally constructed to satisfy the power needs of the Spokane and ...