Record Power Usage Causes Blackout

Posted on July 27, 1946 posted in ...1935 - 1950, ALL Timeline

The generating plant at Orcas had a record load of 225kW and the fuses at the transformer bank blew, causing an island-wide blackout. Outages due to overload were a common occurrence, and plans were made to again increase the size and capacity of the Orcas generating plant.