Photograph showing three men standing next to a metal utility structure at the top of the transformer house at the Little Sandy Dam. Two of the men are in work wear, while a third is wearing a suit and hat. Trees and hills can be seen in the distance. Written on the negative is “E301-0-3402.”
Negatives documenting company activities, including electrical infrastructure, employees, power generation and distribution throughout Portland, the Willamette Valley and the Oregon Cascade Range. Additional general images include streetcars and trains, street lighting, power line installation, Rose Festival floats, office buildings, car barns and bridges. Of particular note are dam building projects at Bull Run and along the Clackamas River (1910-1930), and early electric stations in Oregon City at Willamette Falls.