TransAlta Centralia Mining LLC history

Centralia Massacre Mural The Resurrection of Wesley Everest by Richard Coit used under CC BY-SA 4.0 (A mural in Centralia, Washington sponsored by local businessmen, history buffs and unions to memorialize Wesley Everest and the IWW side of the 1919 Centralia Massacre.

The fair site had been selected in March 1956.

In April and May of 1957, hundreds of individuals within the area slated for acquisition with Seattle bond monies received summonses informing them that their property was being condemned.

On September 15, 1959, the federal government appropriated $9 million to fund land acquisition and construction of the United States Science Pavilion.

According to the files of The Chronicle, ceremonial concrete was poured at the Centralia Steam-Electric Plant in August 1968 to mark the start of construction.

Founded in 1993, Sightline Institute is committed to making the Northwest a global model of sustainability, with strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment.

A portion of the coal mine is seen in this Chronicle file photograph taken in 2005.

On November 27, 2006, the TransAlta open-pit coal mine near Centralia, the last coal mine in Washington, ceases operation.

Together, since 2016, the Board’s members have disbursed 42 grants totaling over $17 million to promote economic development, fund weatherization projects, and build clean energy infrastructure.

Centralia & Lewis County’s economy is going gangbusters, by the way! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/opinion/manchin-appalachia-coal-infrastructure.html