Water & Power Projects
- Below Station A at Willamette Falls - 1895As low as $5.00This unusual view shows Station A, the first powerhouse used for the first long-distance transmission of electrical power in the United States. Transmission lines went 14 miles, from the Falls to Portland. Learn More
- Bonneville Dam, Columbia River - 1939As low as $5.00Ralph Eddy was fascinated with the interplay between built structures like bridges and dams, and the natural environment where they were placed. This view shows the Bonneville Dam shortly after it was completed in 1937. Learn More
- Bridal Veil Falls, with Water Pipe Intake - 1907As low as $5.00This very sharp portrait of Bridal Veil Falls is recreated from an original glass negative made by Sunset Magazine photographer Howard Tibbitts. Learn More
- Building Station B Electric Plant at Willamette Falls - 1895As low as $5.00The concrete foundation for the new Station B Electric Plant on the west bank at the Falls is in progress in this unusual view of its initial construction. Learn More
- Building the Bolton Reservoir - c. 1915As low as $5.00Photographer S. P. Davis has captured some wonderful abstract patterns while documenting the construction of West Linn's first reservoir in about 1915. Learn More
- Building the Dalles - Celilo Canal - 1910As low as $5.00The Dalles-Celilo canal, over eight miles long, begins about three miles upriver from The Dalles. Its construction lasted from 1905 through 1915. Learn More
- Building West Linn's First Stand Pipe - c. 1915As low as $5.00This fifty-foot tall, 50,000 gallon standpipe was built as part of West Linn's first water project, to supply the upper parts of the newly-incorporated city. Learn More
- Cazadero Powerhouse, Near Estacada - 1912As low as $5.00Built in 1907 next to the Clackamas River, not on it, the Cazadero Powerhouse was powered by man-made Faraday Lake, itself filled by Cazadero Dam, two miles upstream. Learn More
- Construction Crew, South Side of Willamette Falls - c. 1890As low as $5.00This early view of construction on the south side of the falls shows a variety of activities going on. Learn More
- Factories at Willamette Falls, Engraving - c. 1890As low as $5.00This engraving is from The West Shore, an illustrated magazine published in Portland from 1875 through 1891. Many of its articles were profiles of towns throughout the Pacific Northwest. Learn More
- Fish Ladder at Willamette Falls - 1913As low as $5.00Carved out of solid rock in the 1880s, Willamette Falls' first fish ladder made it easier for salmon to ascend to the upper river. Learn More
- Flume and Trestle in Lake Oswego - circa 1918As low as $5.00Our original print for this image is identified as "Trestle, Lake Oswego, Ore." in period handwriting in pencil on the back. Learn More
- Flume for Cazadero Powerhouse - 1910As low as $5.00The Cazadero flume was completed in 1907, built from wood to bring water from the Cazadero Dam on the Clackamas river to Faraday Lake, which then powered the Cazadero powerhouse. Learn More
- Gold Ray Dam, Rogue River - circa 1912As low as $5.00The original for this view is a larger print made by Kunselman and Gerking of Klamath Falls, looking across the Gold Ray Dam, which had been built in 1904. Learn More
- Gold Ray Dam, Rogue River, Looking Downstream circa 1912As low as $5.00Completed in 1904, the Gold Ray Dam was built for brothers Colonel Frank H. Ray and Dr. C. R. Ray to provide power for their gold mine in Gold Hill. It was located about four miles upstream from Gold Hill on the Rogue River. Learn More
- Ice Beginning to Form at the New Bolton Reservoir - c. 1916As low as $5.00This wintertime view of the newly completed Bolton Reservoir was taken by Oregon City photographer S. P. Davis as part of a series documenting the South Fork water project. Learn More
- Interior of Station B Power Plant, Willamette Falls - 1896As low as $5.00This detailed view of Station B was created shortly after its completion in 1895. Learn More
- Laying Water Pipes down 6th Street, Oregon City - c. 1914As low as $5.00A ten-inch water main for West Linn is already in the trench, and pipe is being distributed to add a six-inch line to power the new municipal elevator along the bluff in Oregon City. Learn More
- Lily White's Houseboat at Dunthorpe Water Works - c. 1903As low as $5.00Lily White and her friend Sarah Ladd were accomplished amateur photographers whose work is still appreciated today. White was known for her houseboat, the Raysark, which she used as her photography headquarters, usually anchored along the Columbia River. Learn More
- Looking Across the Willamette, Dunthorpe Water Works - c. 1903As low as $5.00There's little visible development on the east side of the Willamette River in this 1902 view from the south side of the Dunthorpe Water Works. Learn More
- Looking Over the Newly Completed Bonneville Dam - 1939As low as $5.00Bonneville Dam and its associated locks brought huge changes to the Columbia River, as well as the rest of the Pacific Northwest. Learn More
- Lower Entrance to Celilo Locks - 1936As low as $5.00A lot of early photographers were interested in the interplay between nature and man-made construction projects, such as bridges, locks and railroads. This view shows us the lower end of Celilo Locks. Learn More
- Lower Falls and Pipe, South Fork of the Clackamas - c. 1915As low as $5.00In this juxtaposition of nature and industry, a large water pipe is carried across the falls by cable - part of the construction of the South Fork water project to provide water to Oregon City and West Linn. Learn More
- Members of the Pure Mountain Water League - 1916As low as $5.00These distinguished members of the Pure Mountain Water League, most of them from Oregon City, were among the original promoters of the South Fork Water Project, built to bring clean water from the upper Clackamas River to Oregon City. Learn More
- Mills & Power Stations at Willamette Falls - 1918As low as $5.00Part of a set of photos of the interior of the woolen mills at the falls, this view was titled "Source of Power, Oregon City Woolen Mills". Learn More
- Savage Rapids Dam, Rogue River - 1932As low as $5.00The Savage Rapids Dam was built as a diversion dam in 1921 by the Grants Pass Irrigation District, and was located on the Rogue River about five miles east of the town of Grants Pass. Learn More
- Snoqualmie Falls with Power Plant Number One - c. 1912As low as $5.00On the back of our original hand-tinted photo is stamped "Colored by Mrs. McBain", so she definitely did the coloring. She may have also been the photographer, as she is listed as such in the Everett directory. Learn More
- Station B Electric Plant, Willamette Falls - c. 1895As low as $5.00This image shows Station B shortly after it was opened in 1895. It first supplemented, and soon replaced, Station A on the other side of the river, to help meet Portland's growing demand for electricity. Learn More
- Table Mountain and Gold Ray Dam, Rogue River - 1914As low as $5.00Gold Ray Dam was built in 1904 by brothers Colonel Frank Ray and Dr. C. R. Ray to provide power to a gold mine they had purchased near the town of Gold Hill. Learn More
- Tunnel Above Clackamas, South Fork Water Project - c. 1915As low as $5.00We're looking through a newly-built tunnel on the side of a precipice towering above the Clackamas River. Learn More
- Upper Entrance to the Dalles - Celilo Canal - 1910As low as $5.00This is the upper entrance of the eight-mile-long Dalles-Celilo Canal, about halfway through its construction process. Learn More
- Water Escaping from Oregon City Basin Dam - 1923As low as $5.00Shortly after the completion of the new Arch Bridge at Willamette Falls, a significant flood overwhelmed the wooden dam below the boat basin on the Oregon City side of the river. Learn More
- Willamette Falls and Station A - circa 1895As low as $5.00This very detailed view by an unknown photographer clearly shows the power of the water at Willamette Falls, as well as Station A on the left - the source of the production of the first electricity transmitted at a large distance, to Portland. Learn More
- Willamette Falls Mills and Locks, Looking Downstream - c. 1908As low as $5.00This highly detailed view of the west side of the Willamette River at the Falls was created by Howard Tibbitts, a San Francisco based photographer. Learn More
- Willamette Falls, with Station A in Foreground - c. 1900As low as $5.00This especially detailed view of Willamette Falls features Station A, the first electrical power plant at the falls and the source of the first long-distance transmission of electricity in the U.S. Learn More