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Utility’s one-time electrical substation may be gray, but has colorful past

By Craig Brown, Columbian Editor

Published: November 28, 2022, 6:05am

What's this building? Once home to Vancouver's first electrical substation, today it sits empty, awaiting an unknown fate. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Clearly visible as you cross the Interstate 5 Bridge sits one of Vancouver’s oldest buildings.

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