Spokane's Lower Falls, c. 1904
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As a natural source for energy, the Spokane Falls lay at the heart of Spokane's early industrial center. The image here is taken from the northern bank of the River capturing Washington Water Power Co. and the Monroe Street Bridge in the background.
Image L87-1.529 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
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Water Power
For nineteenth-century pioneers like James Glover, falling water represented power - the power to grind flour, to saw logs, and to build a city. These were the fundamental industrial activities in a region still rich in timber and already rich in…