Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Historical Background
- Other Descriptive Information
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Project: HAER photographs
- Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects: HAER measured drawings
- Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Project: HAER historic photographs
- Skagit Hydroelectric Project: historic photographs
- Skagit Hydroelectric Project: modern photographs
- Names and Subjects
Historic American Engineering Record no. WA-24 (Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects) photograph collection, 1920-1989
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Historic American Engineering Record no. WA-24 (Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects) photograph collection
- Dates
- 1920-1989 (inclusive)19201989
July 1987 and July 1989 (bulk)198707198907 - Quantity
- 3 notebooks containing 276 photographic prints and textual documentation
- Collection Number
- PH0627
- Summary
- Photographs and textual documentation concerning the Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects.
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
The collection is open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
The Skagit River Hydroelectric Project in Washington State began in 1918 and ended in 1961 with the completion of the Ross Dam. It includes the Gorge, Diablo, and Ross dams and powerhouses, and is affiliated with the smaller Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Project, which includes the Newhalem dam and powerhouse. The fifty-year span of the project saw political battles, economic setbacks, and innovations both structural and ideological.
In 1917, with the city of Seattle suffering through an electricity shortage, Seattle City Light (then known as the Seattle Department of Lighting) and its superintendent of lighting, James Delmage (J.D.) Ross, decided on the Skagit River as a potential site for development. After several months of negotiation with the National Forest Service, City Light was able to apply for a permit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop the Skagit for hydroelectric power.
The original plan included just one dam and powerhouse, to be built at Ruby Creek. This site was considered optimal because it offered the possibility of a large storage reservoir. However, circumstances were such that two more dams would need to be built before construction could begin on the Ruby Creek facility. Beginning in 1920, City Light constructed a small plant on Newhalem Creek. The main purpose of the plant would be to supply power for the building of subsequent facilities. City Light also built a 26-mile railroad to facilitate travel between Rockport and the site of the next step in the project, the Gorge powerhouse. Although the unusual design of the Gorge plant caused a few problems initially, it was up and running by 1925.
Although J.D. Ross and Seattle City Light considered the Ruby Dam to be the most important dam on the Skagit, yet another dam would have to be built first. The Ruby site reservoir had to be cleared of timber, and the best way to do this was to build the Diablo Dam and powerhouse. The dam would facilitate water transport of logs, while the plant would supply power for the project. Lars Jorgenson and his consulting firm, the Constant Angle Arch Dam Company, were selected to design the Diablo Dam.
Unfortunately, setbacks occurred at almost every corner. Seattle City Light had long been embroiled in a rivalry with the investor-owned Puget Sound Power and Light. A mysterious telegram sent to the local engineer of the Federal Power Commission insisted that the constant-angle arch dam design planned for Diablo was unsafe. The message was suspected to be part of a campaign of "sabotage" coming from Puget Sound Power and Light. Nor could Ross always hope for support from the city.
The tricky geographical layout of Diablo Canyon necessitated some innovative thinking upon the part of the builders, but after two years of construction, Diablo Dam was dedicated in August of 1930. The design of the powerhouse, however, was the subject of yet another battle, this one between J.D. Ross and city engineer Reginald Thomson. Although Ross prevailed, the project ran out of money shortly thereafter, and construction stopped for nearly four years. Diablo finally came online in September of 1936.
Once the Newhalem, Gorge, and Diablo dams and powerhouses were completed, City Light could finally begin work on the Ruby Dam. With its large reservoir, the dam would be able to help with flood control on the lower Skagit. The first two phases of the dam construction were completed by 1949, and the third phase was to begin when the city's power needs demanded. Thirty years later, however, when greater power became necessary, City Light decided instead to purchase power from British Columbia. Thus, the Ruby Dam -- renamed the Ross Dam after the superintendent's 1939 death -- remains unfinished.
The towns of Newhalem and Diablo grew out of the accomodations built for project workers and their families. Newhalem, originally called City Camp, included bunkhouses, a commissary, and even a small theater hall for community events. In the early 1920s, a set of houses was built for project personnel. This neighborhood was known as Silk Stocking Row. Newhalem soon became a popular tourist destination, where visitors could take two-day tours to the Diablo and Ruby sites. J.D. Ross felt it was important to make improvements to the small town, which he hoped one day would be a tourist resort, and enlisted the support of the women of Newhalem in beautifying houses and adding flowers and trees. In 1929, Ross built the Ladder Creek Falls Arboretum. Its son-et-lumiere show told the history of the Skagit project in words and images. The tourist trade continued briskly until the war began in 1941; the Skagit project area was then designated as a "vital wartime industry" and closed to the public.
The town of Diablo, a few miles upstream from Newhalem, came into being as another construction camp in the late 1920s. Ross' plan for Diablo was to make it a Newhalem-like tourist attraction -- he even opened a zoo (featuring animals not native to the Pacific Northwest) and hoped to create a large park to show off the zoo and landscaped gardens. Few of Ross' imagined attractions would become reality at Diablo.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of three notebooks containing modern and historic photographs, as well as textual documentation, of the Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects. Modern photographs were made by Jet Lowe (for the Historic American Engineering Record) and Gretchen Luxenberg and Patricia Erigero (for the Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Project's nomination to the National Register of Historic Places). Historic photographs are copy prints made from negatives belonging to Seattle City Light.
The first part of the collection includes documentation of the architectural survey for structures (residential, commercial, office, and ecclesiastical) located in and around the communities of Newhalem and Diablo. A PNRO inventory form (with a photocopied image of the building) is included for each structure.
The second part of the collection is an engineering survey, documented by photographs made by Jet Lowe to HABS/HAER standards. Pictured are the Newhalem, Gorge, Diablo, and Ross dams and powerhouses, as well as housing and other structures in the towns of Newhalem and Diablo. Reproductions of a set of fifteen measured drawings (made by a team of five architects and based on existing historic drawings from Seattle City Light) are included in this section, as well as an inventory of the historic engineering drawings. Also included is a copy of the Historic American Engineering Record written history for the projects.
The third part of the collection consists of historic and modern photographs of properties in Newhalem and Diablo; these are divided into contributing resources and non-contributing resources, and were gathered for the purpose of nominating the district for the National Register of Historic Places. Also included are a copy of the nomination form, maps, and a bibliography.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Original negatives of the copy prints listed in the Historic Photographs section of the collection inventory (items 157-231) of this finding aid are located at the Seattle Municipal Archives. Please contact the Seattle Municipal Archives for reproductions.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View selections from the collection in digital format.
Restrictions on Use
HAER No. WA-24 has copyright restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Historic American Engineering Record no. WA-24 (Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects) photograph collection, Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Seattle City Light, Environmental Affairs Division, September 11, 1991.
Processing Note
Processed by Shannon B. Lynch, 2003.
Related Materials
Photograph Collection 386: Historic American Buildings Survey No. WA-197 (Fox Theatre) Collection); photographs by John Stamets.
Photograph Collection 442: Historic American Buildings Survey No. WA-201 (Longacres Park); photographs by John Stamets.
Photograph Collection 554: Northwest Buildings Survey No. WA-001 (Fred Nelson Barn/Old Riverview Farms Dairy Barn); photographs by John Stamets according to Historic American Buildings Survey standards.
Photograph Collection 618: Medical Arts Building; photographs by John Stamets according to Historic American Buildings Survey standards.
Photograph Collection 623: Historic American Buildings Survey No. WA-213 (Henry Art Gallery); photographs by John Stamets.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Project: HAER photographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Skagit River and Newhalem Creek
Hydroelectric Projects |
||
item | ||
1 | Guest house known as "the Lodge"
(WA-24-1) |
July 1989 |
2 | Swimming pool enclosed in inflatable
structure (WA-24-2) |
July 1989 |
3 | Rustic bench at the Ladder Creek
Gardens near Gorge Powerhouse at Newhalem (WA-24-3) |
July 1989 |
4 |
"Old Number Six" steam locomotive
(WA-24-4) Used by Seattle City Light on the railroad from Marblemount to
Diablo.
|
July 1989 |
5 |
Pansey house (WA-24-5) A Newhalem bunkhouse.
|
July 1989 |
6 | The Newhalem Hotel
(WA-24-6) A Seattle City Light guesthouse.
|
July 1989 |
7 | Newhalem Public Library
(WA-24-7) |
July 1989 |
8 | July 1989 | |
9 | Skagit General Store
(WA-24-9) |
July 1989 |
10 | House at 310 Engineers Row
(WA-24-10) |
July 1989 |
11a | South facade of operator's cottage on
Silk Stocking Row (WA-24-11) |
July 1989 |
11b | North facade of operator's cottage on
Silk Stocking Row (WA-24-12) |
July 1989 |
Newhalem Powerhouse and Dam |
||
item | ||
12a | North facade of Newhalem Powerhouse
with tailrace in right foreground (WA-24-A-1) |
July 1987 |
12b | Interior of Newhalem Powerhouse,
showing generator, exciter, turbine, and Pelton wheels (WA-24-A-2) |
July 1987 |
13 | Iinterior view, no. 2 turbine in the
Newhalem Powerhouse (WA-24-A-3) |
July 1989 |
14 | Detail of Westinghouse AC generator
at Newhalem Powerhouse (WA-24-A-4) |
July 1989 |
15 | July 1989 | |
16 | Detail of intake with no water
flowing over dam (WA-24-A-6) |
July 1989 |
17 | View downstream from Newhalem Intake
with no water being diverted to power tunnel (WA-24-A-7) |
July 1989 |
Gorge
Powerhouse |
||
item | ||
18 | West facade of Gorge Powerhouse
showing pedestrian suspension bridge and Pratt truss vehicle bridge
(WA-24-B-1) |
July 1987 |
19 | East facade of
Gorge Powerhouse showing entrance to visitors' lobby (WA-24-B-2) |
July 1989 |
20 | South facade
of Gorge Powerhouse (WA-24-B-3) |
July 1989 |
21 | View from roof
of Gorge Powerhouse showing connections to switchyard on west bank of river and
suspension bridge (WA-24-B-4) |
July 1989 |
22 | July 1989 | |
23 | View from roof
of Gorge Powerhouse showing former gravity oil storage building
(WA-24-B-6) |
July 1989 |
24 | July 1989 | |
25 | Interior of
Gorge Powerhouse looking south (WA-24-B-8) |
July 1989 |
26 | Interior of
Gorge Powerhouse looking north (WA-24-B-9) |
July 1989 |
27 | Nameplates for
Unit 21, Gorge Powerhouse (WA-24-B-10) |
July 1989 |
28 | Interior of
Gorge Powerhouse from crane level (WA-24-B-11) |
July 1989 |
29 | Control room
of Gorge Powerhouse (WA-24-B-12) |
July 1989 |
30 | 7000-volt
switch gear cabinets, Gorge Powerhouse (WA-24-B-13) |
July 1989 |
31 | Breaker 7
Generator 20 (WA-24-B-14) |
July 1989 |
32 | Station
service transformer cabinets and switching panel (WA-24-B-15) |
July 1989 |
33 | Air circuit
breaker (WA-24-B-16) |
July 1989 |
34 | Turbine pit,
Unit 24 (WA-24-B-17) |
July 1989 |
35 | Shear pin,
Unit 24 (WA-24-B-18) |
July 1989 |
36 | Jacking and
breaking station, Unit 24 (WA-24-B-19) |
July 1989 |
37 | Manual jacking
station, Unit 23 (WA-24-B-20) |
July 1989 |
38 | Replacement
francis runner for Unit 23 turbine (WA-24-B-21) |
July 1989 |
39 | July 1989 | |
40 | Turbine pit,
Unit 22 (WA-24-B-23) |
July 1989 |
41 | Mitsubishi
biplane valve, viewed from south (WA-24-B-24) |
July 1989 |
42 | North side of
Mitsubishi biplane valve (WA-24-B-25) |
July 1989 |
43 | Biplane valve
control panel (WA-24-B-26) |
July 1989 |
44 | Biplane valve
tools (WA-24-B-27) |
July 1989 |
45 | Gears for oil
pump for Unit 24 (WA-24-B-28) |
July 1989 |
Gorge High Dam |
||
item | ||
46 | Gorge High Dam
(WA-24-C-1) |
July 1989 |
47 | July 1989 | |
48 | Telephoto view
of Gorge High Dam (WA-24-C-3) |
July 1989 |
49 | Dam as seen
from crest near north end (WA-24-C-4) |
July 1989 |
50 | Looking toward
intake with water flowing over top of spillgate (WA-24-C-5) |
July 1989 |
51 | Spillway as
seen from crest of dam (WA-24-C-6) |
July 1989 |
52 | Detail of
spillway (WA-24-C-7) |
July 1989 |
53 | July 1989 | |
54 | Headworks and
transmission towers as seen from Highway 20, east of dam
(WA-24-C-9) |
July 1989 |
55 | Transmission
lines between Diablo and Gorge; construction detail of tower structure
(WA-24-C-10) |
July 1989 |
Diablo Powerhouse |
||
item | ||
56 | July 1989 | |
57 | July 1989 | |
58 | July 1989 | |
59 | Anodized
aluminum water fountain in visitors' lobby (WA-24-D-4) |
July 1989 |
60 | Obsolete
switch on display in visitors' gallery (WA-24-D-5) |
July 1989 |
61 | July 1989 | |
62 | Detail of top
of generators as seen from visitors' gallery (WA-24-D-7) |
July 1989 |
63 | Detail of
generator floor showing butterfly valve control and mosaic tile floor
(WA-24-D-8) |
July 1989 |
64 | July 1989 | |
65 | Units 35 and
36 (WA-24-D-10) |
July 1989 |
66 | Generator
floor as viewed from south, with Units 35 and 36 in foreground and Unit 31 in
background (WA-24-D-11) |
July 1989 |
67 | Interior of
powerhouse as seen from northeast corner of generator floor
(WA-24-D-12) |
July 1989 |
68 | Interior of
powerhouse as seen from crane rail looking south (WA-24-D-13) |
July 1989 |
69 | Interior of
powerhouse as seen from west side of generator floor, looking at Unit 31, with
relief valve control in foreground (WA-24-D-14) |
July 1987 |
70 | Turbine
nameplate, Unit 31 (WA-24-D-15) |
July 1987 |
71 | July 1989 | |
72 | Lower oil room
showing brake air tanks and vertical air compressors (WA-24-D-17) |
July 1989 |
73 | Lower oil room
showing gravity oil pumps powered by Lincoln AC motors on the right and turbine
air dry apparatus on the left (WA-24-D-18) |
July 1989 |
74 | Lower oil room
showing Sharples oil centrifuge and oil tank (WA-24-D-19) |
July 1989 |
75 | Lower oil room
showing Leroi air compressor and oil and air tanks (WA-24-D-20) |
July 1989 |
76 | Trunion for
butterfly valve and drain for scroll case, Unit 32 (WA-24-D-21) |
July 1989 |
77 | Cooling water
pumps (WA-24-D-22) |
July 1989 |
78 | July 1989 | |
79 | Air compressor
for draft tubes (WA-24-D-24) |
July 1989 |
80 | Governor oil
area, Unit 32 (WA-24-D-25) |
July 1989 |
81 | July 1989 | |
82 | Upper oil room
showing obsolete Westinghouse dielectric oil testing set
(WA-24-D-27) |
July 1989 |
83 | Detail of
Westinghouse oil tester (WA-24-D-28) |
July 1989 |
84 | Turbine pit,
Unit 35 (WA-24-D-29) |
July 1989 |
85 | Oil
accumulator and sumps for Units 35 and 36 (WA-24-D-30) |
July 1989 |
86 | July 1989 | |
87 | Detail control
room showing differential overcurrents and tripping relays for house units
(WA-24-D-32) |
July 1989 |
88 | Voltage
regulator for spare exciter (WA-24-D-33) |
July 1989 |
89 | July 1989 | |
90 | Battery
chargers (WA-24-D-35) |
July 1989 |
91 | Relay room
located directly above control room (WA-24-D-36) |
July 1989 |
92 | Old battery
room (WA-24-D-37) |
July 1989 |
93 | New battery
room (WA-24-D-38) |
July 1989 |
94 | Gravity
lubricating oil tanks (WA-24-D-39) |
July 1989 |
95 | July 1989 | |
96 | Machine shop
as seen from south, looking north (WA-24-D-41) |
July 1989 |
97 | Tail race,
switchyard, and west facade of powerhouse (WA-24-D-42) |
July 1989 |
Incline Railway |
||
item | ||
98 | July 1989 | |
99 | Headhouse for
Incline Railway, Diablo (WA-24-E-2) |
July 1989 |
100 | View from top
of Incline Railway, looking down toward community of Diablo
(WA-24-E-3) |
July 1987 |
101 | July 1989 | |
Diablo Dam |
||
item | ||
102 | View of Diablo
Dam from northwest side (WA-24-F-1) |
July 1987 |
103 | View of Diablo
Dam from southwest side (WA-24-F-2) |
July 1987 |
104 | July 1989 | |
105 | Interior of
valve house, showing controls for relief valve (WA-24-F-4) |
July 1989 |
106 | July 1989 | |
107 | View of crest
of dam from north end, looking south (WA-24-F-6) |
July 1989 |
108 | July 1989 | |
109 | Detail of
taintor gates seen from downstream (WA-24-F-8) |
July 1989 |
110 | Detail of
taintor gates seen from north end of dam (WA-24-F-9) |
July 1989 |
111 | July 1989 | |
112 | View of dam
seen from north shore, showing intake structure (WA-24-F-11) |
July 1989 |
113 | Diablo Dam
and Seattle City Light boathouse as seen from Ross Resort Boat Landing, north
side of Diablo Lake (WA-24-F-12) |
July 1989 |
Ross Powerhouse |
||
item | ||
114 | July 1989 | |
115 | Transformer
deck, tailrace, and boathouse as seen from east end of transformer deck
(WA-24-G-2) |
July 1989 |
116 | July 1989 | |
117 | Interior from
top of Unit 43, looking west (WA-24-G-4) |
July 1987 |
118 | Interior from
top of Unit 43, looking east (WA-24-G-5) |
July 1987 |
119 | Control room
(WA-24-G-6) |
July 1989 |
120 | Detail of
control panel for Unit 43 (WA-24-G-7) |
July 1989 |
121 | Control room
detail showing relay panel for generator Unit 43 (WA-24-G-8) |
July 1989 |
122 | Governor
gallery as seen from east end looking west (WA-24-G-9) |
July 1989 |
123 | Detail of
governor gallery showing control panel Unit 42 (WA-24-G-10) |
July 1989 |
124 | Unit 41
turbine pit (WA-24-G-11) |
July 1989 |
125 | Detail of
gauges and pumps in Unit 41 turbine pit (WA-24-G-12) |
July 1989 |
126 | Delaval oil
purifier and pumps (WA-24-G-13) |
July 1989 |
127 | Pipe gallery
looking from east to west (WA-24-G-14) |
July 1989 |
128 | Worthington
air compressors (WA-24-G-15) |
July 1989 |
129 | Cylinder heads
of Worthington air compressors (WA-24-G-16) |
July 1989 |
130 | Butterfly
valve controls for Unit 43 (WA-24-G-17) |
July 1989 |
131 | Butterfly
valve from below, and scroll case drain (WA-24-G-18) |
July 1989 |
132 | Interior of
scroll case (WA-24-G-19) |
July 1987 |
133 | July 1987 | |
134 | Interior of a
penstock (WA-24-G-21) |
July 1987 |
135 | Transformer
deck as seen from west end looking east (WA-24-G-22) |
July 1989 |
Ross Dam |
||
item | ||
136 | July 1987 | |
137 | Wide angle
view of dam from close range (WA-24-H-2) |
July 1987 |
138 | Relief valve
at elevation 1340 open (WA-24-H-3) |
July 1989 |
139 | Close-up view
of coffered treatment of dam face (WA-24-H-4) |
July 1989 |
140 | July 1989 |
Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects: HAER measured drawingsReturn to Top
The drawings in this collection are reproductions of a set of fifteen drawings made by a team of five architects. These were based on Seattle City Light's historic engineering drawings. Also included is an inventory of the historic drawings.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
item | ||
141 | Skagit power
development An overview of hydroelectric projects and of HAER
documentation.
|
undated |
142 | Skagit
transmission system: Skagit power development to Bothell Substation |
undated |
143 | Skagit power
development: overall site plan and site section |
undated |
144 | Newhalem
vicinity map |
undated |
145 | Gorge
Powerhouse: ground plan |
undated |
146 | Gorge
Powerhouse: sections A-A and B-B |
undated |
147 | Gorge
Powerhouse: section C-C |
undated |
148 | Gorge High Dam:
plan, elevation, and sections |
undated |
149 | Diablo vicinity
map and section, including Diablo Dam and Powerhouse |
undated |
150 | Diablo
Powerhouse: ground plan |
undated |
151 | Diablo
Powerhouse: section A-A |
undated |
152 | Diablo
Powerhouse: section B-B |
undated |
153 | Diablo
Powerhouse: unit 31 |
undated |
154 | Diablo
Powerhouse: details |
undated |
155 | Diablo Dam:
plan, elevations, and sections |
undated |
156 | Newhalem
vicinity map and ground plan of Newhalem Powerhouse |
undated |
Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Project: HAER historic photographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
item | ||
157 | Diablo Dam under
construction, showing intake area for relief valves [D(29-12-1)3] |
undated |
158 | Construction
scene, Diablo Dam [D(6-28-30)4] |
undated |
159 | Broome gates for
Diablo Dam relief valve intake [D(29-3-29)2] |
undated |
160 | Panorama of dam
construction [D{29-9-2)3ABC] |
undated |
161 | Upstream of dam
during construction with cofferdam in foreground [D(29-10-1)1] |
undated |
162 | May 1935 | |
163 | Long shot of
crane and trolleys, Diablo Powerhouse [LD-47] |
undated |
164 | October 1, 1935 | |
165 | Scroll case with
workmen, Diablo Powerhouse [LD-185] |
October 1935 |
166 | October 28, 1935 | |
167 | Scroll cases and
start of forms [LD-275] |
undated |
168 | Butterfly valve
for Diablo Powerhouse [LD-303] |
undated |
169 | undated | |
170 | Generator rotor
shaft, Diablo Powerhouse [LD-348] |
January 18, 1936 |
171 | Generator rotor
with part of laminations assembled, Diablo Powerhouse [LD-373] |
February 1936 |
172 | Generator rotor
and shaft with cribbing, Diablo Powerhouse [D-436] |
March 1936 |
173 | April 1936 | |
174 | April 1936 | |
175 | April 28, 1936 | |
176 | May 5, 1936 | |
177 | Setting top
plate assembly in place, Unit 32, Diablo Powerhouse [LD-485] |
May 8, 1936 |
178 | Setting section
of generator bed plate in place, Diablo Powerhouse [LD-493] |
May 11, 1936 |
179 | May 28, 1936 | |
180 | Interior of
power tunnel, Diablo Powerhouse [LD-566] |
July 1936 |
181 | August 1936 | |
182-184 | Working on
transmission lines [LT-174, LT-187, LT-196] |
undated |
185 | circa 1930 | |
186 | undated | |
187 | May 1935 | |
188 | Piece of crane
being positioned in Diablo Powerhouse [L-367] |
1935 |
189 | Top plate and
bearing housing, Diablo Powerhouse [D-314] |
January 1936 |
190 |
Construction
scene, interior of Gorge Powerhouse, showing Units 21 and 22 from the west
[E-229] Units 21 and 22 were formerly Unites 1 and 2.
|
January 12, 1923 |
191 | Scroll case and
Johnson valve, Unit 21, Gorge Powerhouse [E-506] |
undated |
192 | Rotor and spider
for #21 generator, Gorge Powerhouse [E-616] |
1923 |
193 | Speed ring, Unit
22, Gorge Powerhouse [E-664] |
1923 |
194 | Generator floor
view, Gorge Powerhouse [889] |
1924 |
195 | undated | |
196 | Second Gorge Dam
[SP-2593-GHD] |
undated |
197 |
Truck crossing
suspension bridge at Ross Dam during initial construction [L-624] Formerly known as Ruby Dam.
|
1938 |
198 | 1938 | |
199 | General view of
construction site just after concrete was poured for Ross Dam
[RD-172] |
undated |
200 | View from bridge
of concrete form at Joint 17 on Ross Dam [RD-186] |
March 1939 |
201 | View of
construction camp for Ross Dam [RD-210] |
1939 |
202 | June 27, 1939 | |
203 | Concrete mixing
plant with loading platform for construction of Ross Dam [LT-1072] |
undated |
204 | September 14, 1944 | |
205 | Pouring
operations at fender wall [SP-1175-RPH] |
August 10, 1951 |
206 | Pouring
operations, north end of pit [SP-1449-RPH] |
October 13, 1951 |
207 | May 3, 1952 | |
208 | Maneuvering
first beam of 170-ton bridge crane onto rails positioned on superstructure
columns at Ross Powerhouse [SP-2502-RPH] |
June 28, 1952 |
209 | Welder on
assembly of #2 spillway gate on Ross Dam (SP-2701-RPH] |
August 11, 1952 |
210 | Wicket gate
installation at Ross Powerhouse [SP-3143-RPH] |
November 15, 1952 |
211 | Head gate
erected and being bolted up within structural steel framework of hoist tower at
Ross Dam [SP-3789-RPH] |
April 27, 1953 |
Skagit Hydroelectric Project: historic photographsReturn to Top
National Register of Historic Places photographs.
Negatives for photographs 212-231 are located at the Seattle Municipal Archives Seattle Municipal Archives .
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
item | ||
212 | Sketch of Skagit
Hydroelectric Project |
circa 1930 |
213 | Site of Newhalem
after logging began |
circa 1919 |
214 | City Camp
looking north down Main Street, showing commissary and warehouse at right,
office and bunkhouse 23 at left |
November 1920 |
215 | City Camp,
showing construction camp bunkhouses and lower camp |
July 1921 |
216 | Silk Stocking
Row cottages with front elevations oriented toward Skagit River |
June 1923 |
217 | View of Newhalem
among hills |
circa 1929 |
218 | Main Street,
Newhalem, during a tour |
circa1930 |
219 | View of Newhalem
with tent cabins; train is visible in foreground |
1934 |
220 | 1935 | |
221 | circa 1933 | |
222 | Bench in woods
at Ladder Creek Falls |
circa 1935 |
223 | Gorge Powerhouse
and Howe Truss Bridge across the Skagit River |
circa 1929 |
224 | View of housing
and Reflector Bar as seen from Incline Railroad |
March 1928 |
225 | Reflector Bar
with residences in foreground |
September 1929 |
226 | Reflector Bar
with dam site visible at right |
September 1929 |
227 | circa 1934 | |
228 | Tourists on
train leaving Rockport |
circa 1929 |
229 | Tourist train in
gorge en route to Newhalem |
circa 1929 |
230 | Tourist boat
Alice Ross on Lake Diablo |
circa 1930 |
231 |
Tourist room in
construction camp bunkhouse Possibly the present-day hotel.
|
1935 |
Skagit Hydroelectric Project: modern photographsReturn to Top
These photographs for the National Register of Historic Places nomination were made for the National Park Service by Gretchen Luxenberg and Patricia Erigero.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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item | ||
232 | Main Street,
Newhalem, showing hotel on right, commissary on left Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
233 | View of houses
on Silk Stocking Row Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
234 | Trees alongside
Highway 20, Newhalem Patricia Erigero (photographer)
Known as "Tree Allee."
|
July 1989 |
235 | Looking upstream
toward town of Diablo, showing Diablo Powerhouse, surge tank, and
spillway Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
236 | View of Diablo
from top of incline Patricia Erigero (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
Contributing
resources |
||
Silk Stocking row houses |
||
item | ||
237 | House 8, Newhalem (Resource
1) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
238 | House 7, Newhalem (Resource
2) Patricia Erigero (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
239 | House 6, Newhalem (Resource
3) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
241 | House 4, Newhalem (Resource
5) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
242 | House 3, Newhalem (Resource
6) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
243 | House 2, Newhalem (Resource
7) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
244 | House 1, Newhalem (Resource
8) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
item | ||
245 | Schoolteacher's house, Newhalem (Resource 9) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
246-247 | Garages #1-22,
Newhalem (Resource 10) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
248 | Hotel
(Bunkhouse 23), Newhalem (Resource 11) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
249 | Commissary,
Newhalem (Resource 12) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
250 | Bunkhouse 13
(Pansy House), Newhalem (Resource 13) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
251 | New cook's
bunkhouse, Newhalem (Resource 14) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
252 |
Mess Hall
(Gorge Inn), Newhalem (Resource 15) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
253 | Mess Hall
(Gorge Inn), Newhalem (Resource 15) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
254 |
Old Cook's
Bunkhouse (library), Newhalem (Resource 16) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
255 | Tourist
Dormitory 70, Newhalem (Resource 17) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
256 | U.S.Geological
Survey Stream Gauging Station and cable car, Newhalem (Resource 18) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
257 | U.S.Geological
Survey Stream Gauging Station and cable car, Newhalem (Resource 18) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
258 | Locomotive
engine "Old Number Six," on exhibit in Newhalem (Resource 19) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
259 |
1924 Gorge
Powerhouse, with 1940s addition at left (Resource 27) Patricia Erigero (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
260 | 1935 Gorge
Railroad Bridge, leading to Gorge Powerhouse (Resource 28) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
261 | Gravity Oil
Tank House (Resource 29) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
262 | Ladder Creek
Falls Gardens bridge and pool (Resource 30) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
263 | Ladder Creek
Falls Gardens bridge with stone steps in background (Resource 30) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
264 | Ladder Creek
Falls Gardens pond with fountain (Resource 30) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
265 | Bench, Ladder
Creek Falls Gardens (Resource 30) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
266 | 1936 Diablo
Powerhouse (Resource 35) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
267 | 1934 Incline
Waiting Station (Resource 36) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
268 | Incline Lift
with Incline Waiting Station in foreground (Resource 37) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
269 |
Incline Lift
powerhouse at top of Incline (Resource 37) Patricia Erigero (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
270 |
Diablo Dam
overview (Resource 42) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
271 | Diablo Dam
gates (Resource 42) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
272 | Diablo Dam
roadway (Resource 42) Patricia Erigero (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
273 | Building for
historic operating equipment at Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Plant site
(Resource 26) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
274 | Pipeline,
Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Plant site (Resource 26) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
275 | Tailrace,
Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Plant site (Resource 26) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
276 |
House 2
(Building H-6) in Hollywood, sole surviving 1930s rustic house (Resource 34)
Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
277 | Diablo Water
Tower (Resource 40) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
278 | Path in wooded
area, the approach to Ross Crypt (Resource 25) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
279 |
Ross Crypt,
embedded in Ross Mountain (Resource 25) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
Non-Contributing
Resources |
||
item | ||
280 | Fire Hall,
Newhalem (Resource 20) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
281 | Visitors'
Center, Newhalem (Resource 21) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
282 | Currier Hall,
Newhalem (Resource 22) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
283 | "Gazebo" and
parked car, Main Street, Newhalem (Resource 23) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
284 | Trail of the
Cedars pedestrian bridge, Newhalem (Resource 24) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
285 |
Gorge
pedestrian bridge, Newhalem (Resource 31), with Gorge Powerhouse at
right Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
286 | Gorge High Dam
(Resource 32) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
287 |
Commissary,
Diablo (Resource 38) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
|
July 1989 |
288 |
Communications
Building, Diablo (Resource 39) Gretchen Luxenberg (photographer)
Moved and altered Diablo School.
|
July 1989 |
Skagit River
Structures of Interest |
||
item | ||
289 | Ross
Dam |
July 1989 |
290 | Ross Dam with
view of powerhouse |
July 1989 |
291 | July 1989 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Company towns--Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Photographs
- Dams--Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Photographs
- Historic buildings--Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Photographs
- Hydroelectric power plants--Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Design and construction--Photographs
- Hydroelectric power plants--Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Photographs
- Inclined railroads--Washington (State)--Diablo--Photographs
- Industrial housing--Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Photographs
- Industrial housing--Washington (State)--Newhalem--Photographs
- Row houses--Washington (State)--Newhalem--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
- Water-power--Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Diablo Powerhouse (Wash.)--Photographs
- Gorge Powerhouse (Wash.)--Photographs
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Newhalem Powerhouse (Wash.)--Photographs
- Ross Powerhouse (Wash.)--Photographs
- Skagit River Hydroelectric Project--Photographs
Geographical Names
- Diablo (Wash.)--Photographs
- Diablo Dam (Wash.)--Design and construction--Photographs
- Gorge Dam (Wash.)--Photographs
- Newhalem (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs
- Ross Dam (Wash.)--Photographs
- Skagit River Region (B.C. and Wash.)--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Maps
- Measured drawings
- Notebooks
- Photographic prints
- Reproductions
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Erigero, Patricia (photographer)
- Lowe, Jet (photographer)
- Luxenberg, Gretchen A (photographer)
Corporate Names
- Historic American Engineering Record (creator)
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Lighting (creator)
- Seattle City Light (creator)
- United States. National Park Service. National Architectural and Engineering Records Division (creator)