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the city tours, if you see them on social media, talking about the bit of the history of municipal power or electricity in Tacoma and particularly the Kushman Dam and the Kushman Substation. And there's a lot of really interesting stuff about Tacoma being really the pioneer of public utilities in terms of electricity. I did not know that there were lots of first, including the first interurban electrified streetcar here in Tacoma, some very early projects in terms of hydroelectric power. Really, like, I think perhaps the first I could be wrong, but really inspired further hydroelectric public municipal power in