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 taken from a high angle showing the exterior of Station B in Oregon City. Willamette Fall is visible at the center of the frame, and a building is on the left side. Across the water, several building can be seen on a wooded hillside.
Photograph showing an overhanging rocky cliff with a waterfall next to a flowing river (likely the Clackamas River). In the distance is a forested hillside visible above the river. Written on the negative is “Overhanging cliff near Roaring River Ranger Station 12/17/20” and “E301.09-O-16.”
Photograph showing a dam at Willamette Falls in Oregon City. In the center of the frame is Willamette Falls, with water cascading down. In the distance across the water, buildings can be seen along a hillside.
Photograph showing a dam at Willamette Falls in Oregon City. In the center of the frame is Willamette Falls, with water cascading down. In the distance across the water, buildings can be seen along a hillside.
Photograph showing flowing waterfalls on an unidentified river (possibly the Columbia River?). Behind the waterfalls, possible dam infrastructure can be seen. In the background, more rocky cliffs can be seen, as well as a road and electrical lines. Written on the side of the negative is "49-170." (Image note: see related images PGE 49-154, PGE 49-161, PGE 49-172, PGE 49-174, PGE 49-175, PGE 49-178, PGE 49-184, PGE 49-185).
Photograph showing flowing waterfalls on an unidentified river (possibly the Columbia River?). In the background, more rocky cliffs can be seen, as well as a road and electrical lines. Written on the side of the negative is "49-161." (Image note: see related images PGE 49-154, PGE 49-170, PGE 49-172, PGE 49-174, PGE 49-175, PGE 49-178, PGE 49-184, PGE 49-185).
Photograph showing Billy Chinook Falls at Cove Palisades State Park. The waterfall is cascading down a rock wall made up of columnar basalt. Utility poles and electric lines can be seen at the top of the cliff.
Photograph looking at a cascading waterfall, flowing down a cliff face and into a river, which extends towards the camera. Foliage can be seen around the waterfall. The body of water is the Deschutes River or the Crooked River.
Photograph looking upward at a waterfall flowing down a high basalt cliff face. Large columns of basalt can be seen above and below the waterfall, with foliage visible near the bottom of the image.
Photograph showing water cascading down Willamette Falls in Oregon City. Industrial buildings can be seen just above the falls, with a rocky cliff and houses visible in the background. Above the waterfall is a spillway. Written one of the of large industrial buildings is "Publishers Paper Co."