Oak Grove Powerhouse construction photograph album
Scope and Contents
One album containing 362 black and white photographs, circa 1910-1924, of the construction of a diversion dam on the Clackamas River, laying of water pipes, and the construction of the Oak Grove Powerhouse on the Clackamas River. Scenes also include worker camps; equipment, particularly steam shovels; road clearing; rock slides; and construction of bridges. All images are captioned and dated.
Dates
- circa 1910-1924
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Historical note
The Oak Grove Powerhouse began operating in 1924. During construction, a diversion dam was constructed on the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas River.
Extent
0.29 Cubic Feet (1 album in oversize shared flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Album of black and white photographs of the construction of a diversion dam on the Clackamas River, laying of water pipes, and the construction of the Oak Grove Powerhouse on the river.
- Clackamas River (Or.) -- Photographs
- Clackamas River (Or.) -- Power utilization
- Construction projects -- Oregon -- Clackamas River -- Photographs
- Dams -- Oregon -- Clackamas River -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Energy Production
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Oregon -- Clackamas River -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Labor camps -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Oregon
- Photographs
- Pipelines -- Oregon -- Clackamas River -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Portland General Electric Company
- Roads -- Oregon -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Rockslides -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Steam shovels -- Oregon -- Photographs
- photograph albums
- photographs
- Title
- Guide to the Oak Grove Powerhouse construction photograph album
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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