The Washington Water Power Building

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The iconic green letters of the Washington Water Power building overlooking the Monroe Street Bridge and the Spokane River. Image Courtesy of Avista Corp. Huntington Park Interpretive Exhibits. http://avistalegacy.com/assets/SidebarPDFs/Huntington-Park-Interpretive-Exhibits.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…