Utilities of Seattle
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The utilities of Seattle are provided by two government owned, and five privately owned, public utilities. The public utilities are Seattle Public Utilities for the water supply and waste management,
Laying pipe to bring water from the Cedar River in 1900
Seattle Steam Company in 2006
Bailey Gatzert
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Bailey Gatzert was an American politician and the eighth mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving from 1875 to 1876. He was the first Jewish mayor of Seattle, narrowly missing being the first Jewish mayo
Utilities of Seattle
…on First and Beacon Hills in seven tanks, holding a combined 200,000 gallons. They sold out a year later to a partnership consisting of John Leary, Bailey Gatzert, and Jacob Furth. They began pumping water from Lake Washington in 1884, at the current location of Colman Park. In 1889, they added a 2,500,000 gallon…
Bailey Gatzert Portrait