The Great Fire of 1889

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Image taken the day after the Spokane Fire destroyed the downtown Spokane area. Washington Water Power employees rallied in the midst of the crisis to restore electricity to the affected areas. Notice the wires in the background. Image courtesy of the Avista Corp. A History of Washington Water Power Company 1889-1989. http://avistalegacy.com/assets/SidebarPDFs/A-History-of-the-Washington-Water-Power-Company-1889-1989.pdf

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By Paige M. Nash
Washington Water Power (WWP), renamed Avista in 1999, is one of few local institutions to trace its history to when Washington was a territory. In early 1889, a group of Spokane businessmen organized to harness hydroelectric power from the Spokane…