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.
Photograph of the interior of the River Mill Dam (Station M) showing generator machinery. Written on the side of the front unit is “General Electric Company.” Three people can be seen in the photo, two of which are looking at the camera.
Photograph of the interior of the River Mill Dam (Station M) showing heavy head gate machinery. Several rows of large gears are visible, and large windows can be seen on all walls.
Photograph showing a man wearing a long jacket standing on a raised cement platform. He is looking towards three large electrical units with belts, and water can be seen under the platform. In the background is a wooded hillside. Written on the negative is "51-868."