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    In One Ear: Mark that

    By Elleda Wilson The Astorian,

    25 days ago
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    Marker: Barry Swackhamer

    A dandy history find: The Historical Marker Database. There are 42 markers just in the Astoria vicinity.

    A prime example is the Site of Astoria’s First Electric Generating Station Marker (near the Rivershore Motel): “On Christmas Eve, 1885, direct current flowed from a small dynamo in a planer shed of West Shore Lumber Mills to light Astoria’s first electric lamps. Wires strung across housetops connected the dynamo to 30 arc lamps.

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