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Read MoreBy Lance Tormey at Newstalk KIT The owner of Yakima’s Picatti Brothers says they’re open for business despite a big fire that caused a $1 million in damage on Sunday. Read More: Despite Big Fire Picatti Brothers Open For Business | https://newstalkkit.com/despite-big-fire-picatti-brothers-open-for-business/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Read MoreFrom Yakima Herald-Republic Officials are investigating a fire that caused an estimated $1 million in damage to Picatti Bros. in Yakima early Sunday morning. Read More. Note from Doug Picatti: “We’re in business! The phones are being answered. We have moved our offices to the Well and Pump building on the corner of Third and Walnut.…
Read MoreBy Kaitlin Knapp at YakTriNews.com YAKIMA, Wash. – A building owned by the Picatti Brothers in Yakima suffered a $1 million loss after a fire broke out. Read More Note from Doug Picatti: “We’re in business! The phones are being answered. We have moved our offices to the Well and Pump building on the corner of Third…
Read MoreHistoric Neon Sign Returns to Downtown Yakima The Yakima Police Department, a parade of vintage vehicles, and local Boy Scouts assembled to commemorate this historic event in November. The large neon sign, which was installed in 1948 but replaced with a more contemporary sign in the 1970s, is well known by the Yakima community. The…
Read MoreMost history credits Grand Coulee Dam with being the first hydroelectric generation facility on the Columbia River. However, many people do not know that Hanford Irrigation Company purchased a hydroelectric turbine from Picatti Brothers, which was installed at Priest Rapids, WA and became operational in 1934. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company (now Siemens Electric) manufactured the turbine/generator…
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