Electrical Engineering Department photograph collection

Electrical Engineering Department photograph collection, circa 1940-1969

Overview of the Collection

Collector: University of Washington. Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Title: Electrical Engineering Department photograph collection
Dates: circa 1940-1969 (inclusive)
19351975
Quantity: 111 slides (1 box plus 1 folder)
224 lantern slides (2 boxes)
282 negatives (1 box) : nitrate
Collection Number: PH0527
Summary: Images of Washington power resources: Grand Coulee Dam, Bonneville Dam, Skagit operations, Rock Island, Puget Power, Baker River, Renton, Long Lake, among others
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 the public.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Images of Washington power resources: Grand Coulee Dam, Bonneville Dam, Skagit operations, Rock Island, Puget Power, Baker River, Renton, Long Lake, among others. Includes images of dams, machinery and transformers, and sites.

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Preferred Citation

The required credit line for use of images from Special Collections is: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [plus the negative number].

The negative number is provided with the image and is a letter + number combination such as UW13452; Hegg 1234; or NA1275. A typical credit line would be, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW13452.

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Processing Note

Minimally processed.

BOX 1: 1-226
BOX 2: 300a-562
BOX 3: 578-900's
BOX 4: Nitrate negatives
FOLDER: 35mm color slides

BOX 1:
100-107: Bonneville Power Administration facility at Snohomish.
109-149: Bonneville Power Administration facilities at Longview, Spokane, Covington.
160-174: Bonneville Power Administration facilities at Ross.
200- 226: Grand Coulee Dam.

BOX 2:
300a-300m: Puget Sound Power and Light Co. Snoqualmie Falls.
400-415: Seattle City Light. South Substation.
425-429: Seattle City Light. North Substation.
451-562: Skagit operations. Diablo Dam construction.

BOX 3:
578-596: Skagit Operations - Diablo Dam construction.
600-607: Skagit Operations. Gorge Dam.
628:Skagit Operations. Ross Dam.
600-659: Bonneville Dam.
704:McNary Dam.
709: Long Lake.
714: Ariel Dam.
715: American Falls Dam.
721: White River Hydro.
724: Tacoma System. Alder plant.
725: Electron.
727: Priest Rapids Dam.
753: AC turbo generator. (Unidentified location)
803: Tacoma.
805: Priest Rapids.
[900]: Baker Power House.
[901]: Bonneville Hydro.
[902]- [912]: Grand Coulee Dam.
[913]: Long Lake Power Development.
[914]: Unidentified
[915]-[916]: Renton.
[917]-[924]: Rock Island Dam.
[925]-[926]: Shuffleton.
[927]-[942]: Unidentified, miscellaneous

BOX 4: 141 black and white nitrate negatives arranged in the same numerical sequence as the lantern slides. Some of the nitrate images have numbers corresponding to the glass lantern slides, others are unidentified, but placed in a subject sequence. Additional card indexes to the numerical series are also available and interfiled with the negatives. Also included 4 additional negatives relating to Snoqulamie projects and 20 miscellaneous unidentified negatives.

FOLDER: 35mm slides
The Dalles. DC test station (?). Donated or taken by McLeod. (8 slides)
Grand Coulee . Field trip. 1957. Donated or taken by Ted Leonard. (13 slides)
Grand Coulee, undated. (2 slides)
Dry Falls. "Trip to Grand Coulee and Chief Ho". Donated or taken by Ted Leonard. 1957. (7 slides)
Covington. Student trip. April 1968. (4 slides)
Covington. Donated by Phil Kins. 1964. (2 slides)
Skagit trips. Field trip. May 1964. Donated or taken by LcLeod. (34 slides)
Electrical Engineering. Exhibits. undated(2 slides)
Site unidentified. Machinery equipment. undated. (11 slides)
26 black and white positive transparencies. Unidentified.

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