KVOS Special: Guemes Island - The View From Anacortes

A press conference by an executive spokesperson from Northwest Aluminum Company. The spokesperson (unidentified) explains choice of Guemes Island as a site for an aluminum plant site, and the company's plan for development. Northwest Aluminum, a subsidiary of a Japanese-backed consortium, sought a deep water site with adjacent flat acreage, and was also lured by the promise of cheap power from Bonneville power. Despite Skagit County's rezoning of the area to heavy industrial, public opposition forced the company to withdraw the next year.

Creators/Contributors

KVOS-TV (Television station : Bellingham, Wash.) - Broadcaster

Collection

KVOS Channel 12 Films

Date Issued

September 18th, 1966

Physical location

  • WaBeCP
  • Western Washington University

Repository

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Resource type

Moving image

Related to

KVOS Channel 12 Film

Related item link

https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv75590

Access conditions

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Identifier

kvos_special_32_02_s53

Subject Geographic

Genre

KVOS Special: Guemes Island - The View From Anacortes.31410.vtt