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Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.