The Willapa Electric Company was an

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and

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company incorporated on August 2, 1913, as successor to the Willapa Harbor Railway, a

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extending from

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, in addition to other

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in the area: Twin City Electric Company and South Bend Electric Company. The company was to be capitalized at $400,000. The organizers were J S Thornton, R L Fisher and M M Fisher. The company was controlled by the Cities Service Power and Light Company. Rail operations continued until July 1930. In 1939, the company sold part of its electricity transmission and distribution network to the

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. In 1940, the company and

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were both reportedly subsidiaries of Federal Light and Traction.

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