NTE2pc135.xml Guide to the Joseph Beckman Photographs of Long Lake Dam Construction 1910-1915 Beckman (Joseph) Photographs of Long Lake Dam Construction Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2016 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections PC 135 Beckman, Joseph Joseph Beckman Photographs of Long Lake Dam Construction 1910-1915 .25 Linear Feet of Shelf Space 1 box 150 images The collections consists of 150 photographs and postcards from the construction of Long Lake Dam, dating from approximately 1910-1914. Long Lake Dam is located approximately 25 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington on the Spokane River. Joseph Beckman worked on its construction. Collection materials are inEnglish

Long Lake Dam is located approximately 25 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington on the Spokane River. This facility was believed to have the highest spillway (170 feet) and largest turbines in the world when it was finished in 1915 by the Washington Water Power Company, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Long Lake, behind the dam, is also known today as Lake Spokane. Joseph Beckman worked on its construction.

The collections consists of approximately 150 photographs and postcards from the construction of Long Lake Dam (near Spokane, WA), dating from approximately 1910-1914. The majority of the images deal with the construction of the dam proper, though a small number deal with the worker's relaxation activities or with local natives. A very few images may deal with nearby Little Falls Dam. Also included in the collection is one two-page 1959 letter which serves as a brief biography of Beckman. The images are in no particular order. Approximately 90% of the images are labeled, but less than a fifth are dated.

This collection is open and available for research use.

[Item Description] Joseph Beckman Photographs of Long Lake Dam Construction, 1910-1915 (PC 135)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

This collection was received as MS 88-37 at WSU Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections on September 16th, 1988 from Mrs. James Menzies (nee Marian Beckman). The photographs had apparently been compiled by Joseph "Joe" Carl Beckman, and his wife, Eunice Coffman Beckman (d. 1976-12-21).

This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O'English in January, 2010. Catherine Kenney of Avista scanned the images in August of 2016, providing brief identification and description for the unlabeled items. WSU History student Samantha Case incorporated those descriptions into this finding aid in November of 2016.

The collection initially included approximately 50 additional photographs from WSC ca. 1910-1912, and a dozen or so pieces of ephemera or minor WSC publications. These were separated out, and interfiled into the Historical WSU Photographs Subject File (PC 2), ephemera collection, and appropriate places in the WSU Publications collection.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Beckman, Joseph -- Archives Long Lake Dam (Wash.) Public Works Water and Water Rights Washington (State) 1 Man in front of house - D.B. Ludwick, 1912-09-01 2 Men on headgate 3 - Hans Anderson, A. O. Strauck, Jack Mintz, Joe Beckman, George Cowling, Joe Primiano 3 High water running over temporary coffer dam in the canyon 4 View looking upriver from head tower of #1 cableway 5 Unknown building (not digitized) 6 Men painting racks - Beckman 7 Powerhouse, showing first steel columns and girders in place, October 1913 8 Excavation, 1912-11-29 9 Excavation Site for spillway dam, 1912-11-29 10 Front of spillway dam showing four undersluices discharging 11 Temporary spillway 12 View of arched cut-off dam from upstream side 13 Headgate dam 14 South side start of tunnel work, 1911-04-15 15 Construction from a distance 16 Rock bottom of dam 17 Broken Piers, 1914-04-08 18 Top of headgate dam (not digitized) 19 View upstream from just above railroad bridge (not digitized) 20 Cover house for coffer dam construction (not digitized) 21 Looking east from tail tower (not digitized) 22 Looking upstream from riverbank opposite club (not digitized) 23 Powerlines to substation 24 Cable Bridge 25 Spud and Braggo - Little Falls 26 Foundation 27 Road at start of construction 28 Cabins 29 Aerial view of construction 30 Native Americans and men 31 View of generator room from switchyard gallery, 1914-10-14 32 Powerhouse construction 33 Gage board, showing hand pump 34 Location of gage board 35 Taken at Long Lake, Aug 1913 36 View upriver from head towers 37 Powerhouse Scaffolding 38 Men on road 39 Ross Park Steam Plant 40 Baseball game - 3rd base line 41 Headgate 3 42 Baseball game 43 View of piers and spillway 44 Men in village 45 Right side of headgate dam 46 Bartlett House 47 Assembling of penstocks and sections after riveting, 1914-03-10 48 Bright day in powerhouse 49 Two men at house 50 Village 51 Men by spillway during construction 52 Looking downstream over headgate dam 53 WSC group 54 Clubhouse 55 Pre-construction 56 Tainter gates 57 Looking upstream 58 View of valley where dam now stands 59 Penstock and men 60 Four men 61 Unknown man 62 View of turbine room 63 Water rheostat 64 Steel distributing tower 65 Camp, labeled 1-6 66 Spillway dam, Oct 1914 67 Native Americans on horseback 68 Teepee 69 Headgate operating mechanism 70 View inside penstock 71 Construction 72 Tunnel to cable ways 73 Pre-construction view 74 Start of construction 75 Coffer dam, labeled 1-4 76 Construction 1913, labeled a-d 77 Cable towers and concrete boxes 77 Concrete mixer 78 LL Penstock Install Internal 79 Headgates 80 Construction, August 1913 81 Tunnel outlet just before closed 82 Top view of early construction 83 Penstock under construction 84 Cement squares 85 Construction from above 86 The works 87 Construction scaffolding, 1913 88 Gravel pit for excavation 89 Scaffolds on spillway 90 Tail tower of Unit 4 91 Unit 2 penstock 92 Deflection dam 93 Upstream view of construction 94 Penstock sections 95 Construction scaffolding, 1912-09-29 96 Headgate penstock install 97 Looking upstream showing completed crest 98 Labeled view of main dam 99 View of rock bottom 100 Looking upstream past broken pier in the spillway dam 101 Arch cutoff dam 102 View from bridge 103 General view of power plant looking upriver 104 Panorama, 1912-12-14 105 Spillway scaffolding 106 Penstock construction, 11-18-1914 107 Generator install 108 Spillway construction 109 Penstock install 110 Group at powerhouse 111 Looking north, Long Lake Dam 112 Steam shovel, 09-07 113 Dam from tail towers, 09-07-1913 114 Spillway 115 Men and tent 116 Headgate hoist 117 Powerhouse construction labeled A-E 118 Men by powerhouse 119 Group photo: Long Lake construction 119 Men in powerhouse 120 Railroad construction 121 Railroad and construction 122 View of railroad and cables 123 Powerhouse controls 124 Entrance tunnel view 125 Construction on rocks 126 People labeled 127 Head tower of no. 4 cableway 128 Penstock towers 129 Pitot tube 130 Unit 1 erection 131 Penstock entrance 132 Tops of gates 133 Headgate dam and inspection tunnel forms 134 People touring 135 Piezometer and bypass 136 Vertical pitot tube 137 Early construction 138 Testing outfit 139 Headgates labeled 140 Looking upstream at dam, 1913-09-07 141 Men with powerhouse coils 142 Bed of river with workers 143 View of intake tunnel from river valley, 1911-10-30 144 Steam shovel and crew at gravel pit 145 Generators 146 Back of headgate dam 147 Spillway and penstock construction 148 Little Falls construction 149 Unit one operation, Little Falls 150 Post Street 151-152 Letter (2 pages)