JOSEPH MCALLISTER KELLOGG AND FAMILY:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

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Creator: Kellogg, Joseph McAllister, 1891-1958, creator.
Title:Joseph McAllister Kellogg and family papers.
Dates:1891-1970.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Biographical and professional data (1891-1958), correspondence (1913-1958), subject files, project files, and photographs of a St. Paul-based construction engineer that worked especially on the construction of power plants, bridges, and dams throughout the world, including the Garrison Spillway project in North Dakota. Also includes two negative photograph albums and corresponding digital image files of a 1913-1914 trip to Lake Nipigon, Canada that includes images of Ojibwe residents.
Quantity:2.8 cubic feet (4 boxes, 1 folder in partial box) and 319 image files : JPEG.
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Joe Kellogg, center, receiving awardJoseph McAllister Kellogg was born November 4, 1891 to Rodney and Mary (McAllister) Kellogg in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, before leaving in 1912 to work with the Northern Pacific Railway until 1917. In November 1917, he enlisted in the United States Engineer’s 25th Regiment Company F. Prior to discharge in August 1919, he attended the Royal Technical College in Glasgow, Scotland, to study engineering.

He worked at Arnold Construction Company from October 1919-December 1920; Siems-Helmers Inc., December 1920-July 1939; Nick F. Helmers, Inc., July 1939-July 1944. After which he worked for McWilliams Dredging Company and then Johnson, Drake, and Piper Inc. Details of his time with Siems-Helmers and Nick F. Helmers are provided in his biographical file. Kellogg passed away in February 1958, as vice president of Johnson, Drake and Piper, Inc. (Minneapolis-St. Paul general contracting firm). National and international engineering projects focused on railroad bridges and dams (often near steam power plants); these include the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans and the Garrison Spillway in North Dakota.

He married Serine A. Christopher October 4, 1921 in St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin. They had four children.


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Accession number: 16677

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Processed by: Carol Kussman, 2014; Meagan Kellom, 2014-2015

Catalog ID number: 008343029


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
131.A.4.6F1Biographical information, 1891-1958.
Includes work history from 1912-1956, personal documents, personal and professional identification and membership cards, and other related documents.
Personal correspondence, undated, 1913-1921. 11 folders.
Business correspondence and miscellaneous, 1918-1958. 3 folders.
Subject files:
Accident Experience: Safety publication, 1954.
Includes documentation of the safety award given to contractors on the Garrison Spillway project.
Alaska, 1947-1949.
Army career and National Association of 25th Engineers, 1919-1928.
Birch, Johnson, and Lytle, 1947-1948.
Certificates and invitations, 1930-1959.
Contact information for businesses, 1950s.
Death of Joseph M. Kellogg, 1958-1962.
Joseph C. Kellogg correspondence, 1970s.
McWilliams Dredging Company correspondence, 1944-1946.
Minnesota: University of, 1928-1929.
News clippings, 1925-1958.
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131.A.4.7B2Professional organizations, 1956-1959.
Includes organizations called the Beavers and the Moles.
Siems-Helmers and Nick F. Helmers Inc. project brochures, 1920s-1940s.
Project files:
Organized in rough chronological order.
General:
Cost records, 1922-1923.
Building cost data, 1927-1937.
Unit prices, 1929-1938.
1926-1927.
Steam power plants: Jamestown-Ottertail, Washburn, and Wahpeton, 1926-1927.
Tunnels, 1928.
Washburn No. 2: Steam plant expansion, 1929.
Suisun Bay Bridge, California, 1929-1933.
Huey P. Long Bridge, Louisiana, 1932.
Cowlitz River Bridge, 1934.
Mississippi River Bridges, Louisiana, 1935-1944.
Columbia River, 1938.
Panama City Bridge, Florida, 1938-1939.
West Bay Bridge, Panama City Beach, Florida, undated.
New York-New Jersey Channel, Section 7 Area 7, 1938-1940.
Wax Lake Outlet Bridges, near Calumet, Louisiana, 1939-1941.
Santee Dam, near Charleston, South Carolina, 1939.
Loyal Hanna Dam, Pennsylvania, 1939.
Alaska, 1939-1941.
Dennison Dam, 1939.
San Pedro De Macorís, Dominican Republic, 1940-1944. 8 folders.
Newfoundland Base, St. Johns, Newfoundland, 1940-1944. 3 folders.
Capitol Street Bridge, Anacostia River Bridge, Washington D.C., 1943-1944.
McWilliams Dredging Company, 1944-1945. 3 folders.
Includes projects in South America.
Memphis Highway bridge, 1945.
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131.A.4.8F3Offshore drilling, 1945-1946.
Pearl River, Mississippi and Louisiana, 1946-1947.
Garrison Spillway, North Dakota, 1953-1956.
Project photographs:
Aberdeen, December 1928.
Chalk Hill Hydro-electric plant, 1927.
Menominee River, MI.
Coal Dock, undated.
Clarkson Coal and Dock Company, Duluth, MN.
Compilation of work, 1921-1937.
Also published in brochure for Nick F. Helmers Inc., Contractors.
Cowlitz Bridge, November 1934.
Longview, Washington.
Garrison Spillway, 1952-1957. 5 folders.
North Dakota.
Guam, undated.
Island Station Steam Power Plant, undated.
St. Paul, MN.
Itasca Paper Company Hydro-electric plant, undated.
Grand Rapids, MN.
Kawishiwi Falls Dam, undated.
Minnesota Power and Light Company.
Keebra Soda Pulp Mill and Knife Falls Hydro-plant, undated.
Cloquet, MN.
Knife Falls Dam, April 1921.
Cloquet, MN.
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, 1924.
Great Western Paper Company Paper Mill and Boiler House.
Logging Railroad, undated.
Flambeau Paper Company, Park Falls, WI.
Macarao Dam, undated.
Manistique Pulp and Paper Company, undated.
Manistique, MI.
Martinez-Benicia Bridge, May 18, 1932.
Minnesota (Minneapolis and St. Paul), 1920s.
White Bear Avenue bridges, Earl Street Viaduct, Shriners Hospital, Apartment hotel, and steel warehouse.
Mississippi River Bridge, 1933-1934.
Multiple Arch Dam, undated.
Willow River Power Company, Burkhardt, WI.
Ore Docks, undated.
Northern Pacific Railroad, Superior, WI.
Pensacola Bay Bridge, 1930.
Florida.
Prairie River Dam and Hydro-electric plant, undated.
St. Andrews Bay Bridge and East Bay Bridge, 1928.
Panama City, Florida.
San Francisco, California, circa 1932.
Siem-Stembel Car Works, undated.
St. Paul, MN.
Steam power plant, undated.
Mobridge, South Dakota.
Steam power plant, undated.
Pillsbury Flour Mills, Minneapolis, MN.
Suisun Bay Bridges, 1929-1930.
California.
Trego Hollow Concrete Dam and Power House, undated.
Namakagon River, WI.
Upper Mississippi River Dam No. 8, 1936-1937.
St. Paul, MN.
White Rapids Hydro-electric plant, June 1927.
Northern Paper Mills, Menominee River, WI and MI.
Washburn Steam Power Plant, undated.
Washburn, North Dakota.
Winton Dam, January 1923.
Winton, MN.
Winona County, undated.
Weaver, MN.
Miscellaneous projects, 1926-1957.
Miscellaneous projects, undated.
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105.F.4.2Winton Minnesota Dam. 6 photographs: black and white, 8 x 30 in. and smaller.
Digital versions of two photographs: Preliminary earth moving for the Winton Dam site, 1921 and False work for the Winton Power Plant are also available in digital format.
Location
InternetConstruction projects, 1921-1956. 178 image files: JPEG:
Images of Kellogg's construction projects, including project sites, compilations of work in publications, and biographical information.
Page 1.
Page 1 Digital version
Page 2.
Page 2 Digital version
Page 3.
Page 3 Digital version
Page 4.
Page 4 Digital version
Page 5.
Page 5 Digital version
Page 6.
Page 6 Digital version
Page 7.
Page 7 Digital version
Page 8.
Page 8 Digital version
Page 9.
Page 9 Digital version
Page 10.
Page 10 Digital version
Page 11.
Page 11 Digital version
Page 12.
Page 12 Digital version
Page 13.
Page 13 Digital version
Page 14.
Page 14 Digital version
Page 15.
Page 15 Digital version
Page 16.
Page 16 Digital version
Forebay solid rock excavation, Winton (near Ely, Minnesota).
Forebay solid rock excavation Digital version
Preliminary earth moving for the Winton Dam site, 1921.
Preliminary earth moving for the Winton Dam site Digital version
Winton, Minnesota Dam, winter work.
Winton, Minnesota Dam, winter work Digital version
Winton, Minnesota Dam.
Winton, Minnesota Dam Digital version
False work for the Winton Power Plant.
False work for the Winton Power Plant Digital version
Spillway and Gate Section, Kawishiwi Falls Dam, Minnesota Power and Light Company, Winton, Minnesota, no road access to construction site.
All material and equipment sledded across winter ice on downstream lake to the site.
Spillway and Gate Section, Kawishiwi Falls Dam, Minnesota Power and Light Company, Winton, Minnesota Digital version
Conveyer system for the concrete for the Winton Dam near Ely Minnesota.
Conveyer system for the concrete for the Winton Dam near Ely Minnesota Digital version
Winton Dam, 1923, rip rapping on the lake which means putting rock to control erosion from flowing water.
Winton Dam, 1923, rip rapping on the lake which means putting rock to control erosion from flowing water Digital version
Dam and Hydro Electric Plant, Kawishiwi River, Steel Scroll Case Installation for power generation.
Dam and Hydro Electric Plant, Kawishiwi River, Steel Scroll Case Installation for power generation Digital version
Winton Dam project, false work.
Winton Dam project, false work Digital version
Power House at the Winton Dam 1921-1922 from upstream view.
Power House at the Winton Dam 1921-1922 from upstream view Digital version
Power house and Tail Race, Kawishiwa Falls Hydo Electric plant, Minnesota Power and Light Company.
Power house and Tail Race, Kawishiwa Falls Hydo Electric plant, Minnesota Power and Light Company Digital version
Hydro Electro Plant, Minnesota Utilities Co. Winton, Minnesota, in foreground old logging chute (where Sigurd Olson said he almost lost his life) prior to the dam construction as told to Martin Kellogg.
Hydro Electro Plant, Minnesota Utilities Co. Winton, Minnesota, in foreground old logging chute (where Sigurd Olson said he almost lost his life) prior to the dam construction as told to Martin Kellogg Digital version
Knife Falls Hydro Plant, St. Louis River, Cloquet, Minnesota, site preparation, removing rock.
Knife Falls Hydro Plant, St. Louis River, Cloquet, Minnesota, site preparation, removing rock Digital version
Knife Falls Hydro Plant, St. Louis River, Cloquet, Minnesota.
Knife Falls Hydro Plant, St. Louis River, Cloquet, Minnesota Digital version
Knife Falls Dam, a work in progress, 1921.
Knife Falls Dam, a work in progress, 1921 Digital version
Knife Falls dam, concrete placement, 1921.
Knife Falls dam, concrete placement, 1921 Digital version
Soda Pulp Mill, Northwest Paper Co., Cloquet, Minnesota Soda is used to convert pulp into paper.
Soda Pulp Mill, Northwest Paper Co., Cloquet, Minnesota Soda is used to convert pulp into paper Digital version
Soda Pulp Mill, Northwest Paper Co. Cloquet, Minnesota.
Soda Pulp Mill, Northwest Paper Co. Cloquet, Minnesota Digital version
Chalk Hill Hydro Electric plant on Menominee River in Michigan, Northern Electric Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Chalk Hill Hydro Electric plant on Menominee River in Michigan, Northern Electric Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin Digital version
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Pensacola, Florida, three mile trestle on concrete piles with double leaf bascule.
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Pensacola, Florida, three mile trestle on concrete piles with double leaf bascule Digital version
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Florida, setting cylinders for the bascule pier, 1930.
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Florida, setting cylinders for the bascule pier, 1930 Digital version
Pensacola Bridge, Pensacola, Florida, 1930.
Pensacola Bridge, Pensacola, Florida, 1930 Digital version
Keebra Soda Pulp Mill, Northwest Paper Co., Cloquet, Minnesota.
Keebra Soda Pulp Mill, Northwest Paper Co., Cloquet, Minnesota Digital version
Itasca Paper Company, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Hydro Electric Plant, Mississippi.
Itasca Paper Company, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Hydro Electric Plant, Mississippi Digital version
Chalk Hill Hydro Electric Plant, Northern Paper Mills, Menominee River, Wisconsin.
Chalk Hill Hydro Electric Plant, Northern Paper Mills, Menominee River, Wisconsin Digital version
Highway Bridge Chalk Hill Rapids, Menominee River, State of Michigan and Wisconsin.
Highway Bridge Chalk Hill Rapids, Menominee River, State of Michigan and Wisconsin Digital version
Chalk Hill on a rough day, 1929.
Chalk Hill on a rough day, 1929 Digital version
Chalk Hill, turbine electric generators, interior of generator room.
Chalk Hill, turbine electric generators, interior of generator room Digital version
Exterior of generator building at Chalk Hill.
Exterior of generator building at Chalk Hill Digital version
White Rapids Hydo Plant, Menominee River, Michigan built for Northern Electric Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
White Rapids Hydo Plant, Menominee River, Michigan built for Northern Electric Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin Digital version
White Rapids Hydo Plant, Menominee River, Michigan built for Northern Electric Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Power House.
White Rapids Hydo Plant, Menominee River, Michigan built for Northern Electric Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Power House Digital version
East Bay Bridge, St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida, 1928.
East Bay Bridge, St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida, 1928 Digital version
East Bay Bridge, St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida, 1928.
East Bay Bridge, St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida, 1928 Digital version
Gallows Frames for Lowering steel cylinders, St. Andrew Bay, Panama City, Florida.
Gallows Frames for Lowering steel cylinders, St. Andrew Bay, Panama City, Florida Digital version
St. Andrews Bay Bridge, State Highway Dept., Florida. Driving underwater piling with telescope leads.
St. Andrews Bay Bridge, State Highway Dept., Florida. Driving underwater piling with telescope leads Digital version
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Florida.
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Florida Digital version
West Bay, April 26, 1928.
West Bay, April 26, 1928 Digital version
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Florida, 1928.
Pensacola Bay Bridge, Florida, 1928 Digital version
East Bay Bridge, 1928.
East Bay Bridge, 1928 Digital version
Beach Development, Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola, Florida.
Beach Development, Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola, Florida Digital version
Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans, La.
Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans, La. Digital version
Conversion of Seims Helmers to Nick Helmers Contractors.
Conversion of Seims Helmers to Nick Helmers Contractors Digital version
Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans, 1933. Mattress, Pier 1, woven willow tree log mattresses provided a base to build up a "sand" island in the river stream. These would be brought to the floor of the river by piling on rocks.
Mississippi River Bridge, New Orleans, 1933. Mattress, Pier 1, woven willow tree log mattresses provided a base to build up a sand island in the river stream. These would be brought to the floor of the river by piling on rocks. Digital version
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1934.
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1934 Digital version
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1934.
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1934 Digital version
Piers in process including bridge structure.
Piers in process including bridge structure Digital version
Piers in process including bridge structure.
Piers in process including bridge structure Digital version
Main River Bridge, Placing Last Concrete in Shaft, Pier 4.
Main River Bridge, Placing Last Concrete in Shaft, Pier 4 Digital version
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1933.
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1933 Digital version
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1933.
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1933 Digital version
Pier construction in progress on the Mississippi Bridge in New Orleans.
Pier construction in progress on the Mississippi Bridge in New Orleans Digital version
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1934.
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1934 Digital version
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans,
Constructing the piers for the Mississippi River Bridge in New Orleans, 1934 Digital version
Main River Bridge, topping out Pier I New Orleans LA, 1934.
Main River Bridge, topping out Pier I New Orleans LA 1934 Digital version
How the Bridge Was Build: A Half-Century Ideal Realized, 1935.
How the Bridge Was Build: A Half-Century Ideal Realized Digital version
Completed New Orleans Bridge, named Huey Long Bridge.
Completed New Orleans Bridge, named Huey Long Bridge Digital version
Invitation to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge at New Orleans, 1935.
Invitation to the opening of the Huey P. Long Bridge at New Orleans, 1935 Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936 Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936 Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936 Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936 Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936 Digital version
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936.
Upper Mississippi River Dam in Genoa, Wisconsin, north of LaCrosse, lock in the foreground, 1936 Digital version
Sunnyvale, California, Dirigible Hangar for the United States Navy, 1933.
Sunnyvale, California, Dirigible Hangar for the United States Navy, 1933 Digital version
Structural members, clips used to fasten glass into sash, on the dirigible hangar, 1933.
Structural members, clips used to fasten glass into sash, on the dirigible hangar, 1933 Digital version
Muliple Arch Dam, Willow River Power Company, Burkhardt, Wisconsin.
Muliple Arch Dam, Willow River Power Company, Burkhardt, Wisconsin Digital version
Undescribed.
Undescribed Digital version
Steam Power Plant, Ottertail Power Co., Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Steam Power Plant, Ottertail Power Co., Wahpeton, North Dakota Digital version
Island Steam Station, St. Paul Gas Light Co., St. Paul, Minnesota Completed Structure.
Island Steam Station, St. Paul Gas Light Co., St. Paul, Minnesota Completed Structure Digital version
Island Steam Station, St. Paul Gas Light Co., St. Paul, Minnesota. Completed Structure.
Island Steam Station, St. Paul Gas Light Co., St. Paul, Minnesota. Completed Structure Digital version
Island Station Steam Power Plant, St. Paul, Minnesota, American Light and Traction Co. Construction View.
Island Station Steam Power Plant, St. Paul, Minnesota, American Light and Traction Co. Construction View Digital version
Washburn Steam Power Plant, Washburn, North Dakota on Missouri River, Otter Tail Power Company.
Washburn Steam Power Plant, Washburn, North Dakota on Missouri River, Otter Tail Power Company Digital version
Interior of Turbine Room, Washburn Plant, Ottertail Power Company.
Interior of Turbine Room, Washburn Plant, Ottertail Power Company Digital version
Steam Power Plant, Northern Light and Power Company, Mobridge, South Dakota.
Steam Power Plant, Northern Light and Power Company, Mobridge, South Dakota Digital version
Boiler House, Great Western Paper Co., Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Boiler House, Great Western Paper Co., Ladysmith, Wisconsin Digital version
Great West Paper Company, Ladysmith, Wisconsin, 1924.
Great West Paper Company, Ladysmith, Wisconsin 1924 Digital version
Paper Mill, Ladysmith, Wisconsin on Flambeau River, Great Western Paper Company.
Paper Mill, Ladysmith, Wisconsin on Flambeau River, Great Western Paper Company Digital version
Logging Railroad, Flambeau Paper Company, Park Falls, Wisconsin, constructed by Siems, Helmers and Schaffner, St. Paul.
Logging Railroad, Flambeau Paper Company, Park Falls, Wisconsin, constructed by Siems, Helmers and Schaffner, St. Paul Digital version
Conveyer bridge across Flambeau River, Great Western Paper Company, Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
Conveyer bridge across Flambeau River, Great Western Paper Company, Ladysmith, Wisconsin Digital version
Steel Warehouse, Paper Calmenson and Co. St. Paul, Minnesota, January 1924.
Steel Warehouse, Paper Calmenson and Co. St. Paul, Minnesota, January 1924 Digital version
Removal of Blossom Rock, San Francisco Harbor, drawing.
Removal of Blossom Rock, San Francisco Harbor, drawing Digital version
Towing dump bottom barge, San Francisco Rock job. Underwater rock formation was a danger to ships and restricted amount of open harbor space.
Towing dump bottom barge, San Francisco Rock job. Underwater rock formation was a danger to ships and restricted amount of open harbor space Digital version
Removing rock after blasting in San Francisco Bay. Timed according to the tide. Blasting at high tide, drilling and filling with dynamite at low tide.
Removing rock after blasting in San Francisco Bay. Timed according to the tide. Blasting at high tide, drilling and filling with dynamite at low tide. Digital version
Joseph M. Kellogg designed the method of rock removal for the San Francisco rock removal job.
Joseph M. Kellogg designed the method of rock removal for the San Francisco rock removal job Digital version
San Francisco Bay rock removal job, 1932.
San Francisco Bay rock removal job, 1932 Digital version
Dumping dynamited rock into bottom dumping barge.
Dumping dynamited rock into bottom dumping barge Digital version
Dumping dynamited rock into bottom dumping barge, Alcatraz Island in the background.
Dumping dynamited rock into bottom dumping barge, Alcatraz Island in the background Digital version
Subaqueous Rock removal, San Francisco Bay for US Corps of Engineers, drill barge and dredge in operation, depth of water 45 feet, current 5 to 7 miles per hour.
Subaqueous Rock removal, San Francisco Bay for US Corps of Engineers, drill barge and dredge in operation, depth of water 45 feet, current 5 to 7 miles per hour Digital version
Drill barge for subaqueous rock removal, 1932 in San Francisco Bay.
Drill barge for subaqueous rock removal, 1932 in San Francisco Bay Digital version
Dumping dynamited rock into bottom dumping barge, Alcatraz Island in the background.
Dumping dynamited rock into bottom dumping barge, Alcatraz Island in the background Digital version
Clam shell scoop removing blasted rock.
Clam shell scoop removing blasted rock Digital version
Pier 4, pouring concrete caisson, May 1934.
Pier 4, pouring concrete caisson, May 1934 Digital version
Suisun Bay Bridge, Erection of cutting edge on Sand Island.
Suisun Bay Bridge, Erection of cutting edge on Sand Island Digital version
Suisun Bay Bridge, construction of piers from Army Point, June 1930.
Suisun Bay Bridge, construction of piers from Army Point, June 1930 Digital version
Martinex-Benicia Bridge (Suisun Bay?), view from Associated Oil Co. Property, May 1932.
Martinex-Benicia Bridge (Suisun Bay?), view from Associated Oil Co. Property, May 1932 Digital version
Suisun Bay Bridge construction of superstructure, falsework and piers, December 1929.
Suisun Bay Bridge construction of superstructure, falsework and piers, December 1929 Digital version
Suisun Bay Bridge Pier construction, 1929.
Suisun Bay Bridge Pier construction, 1929 Digital version
San Francisco rock job.
San Francisco rock job Digital version
Rock removal, explosive placement.
Rock removal, explosive placement Digital version
Suisun Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific Railway, Benica, Port Costa Cal.
Suisun Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific Railway, Benica, Port Costa Cal. Digital version
Suisun Bay Bridge, pier 16, falsework complete ready for erection of cylinder, October 1929.
Suisun Bay Bridge, pier 16, falsework complete ready for erection of cylinder, October 1929 Digital version
Suisun Bay bridge, erection of the super structure, June 1930.
Suisun Bay bridge, erection of the super structure, June 1930 Digital version
Suisun Bay Bridge Pier 13, construction of reinforced concrete caisson.
Suisun Bay Bridge Pier 13, construction of reinforced concrete caisson Digital version
Undescribed.
Undescribed Digital version
Letter from Philip G. Bruton, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, 1944.
Letter from Philip G. Bruton, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, 1944 Digital version
Joseph M. Kellogg on the right (New York), P. R. Johnson on the left, purchasing director of the Newfoundland based contractors.
Joseph M. Kellogg on the right (New York), P. R. Johnson on the left, purchasing director of the Newfoundland based contractors Digital version
Joseph M. Kellogg on the far right in Guam in 1946, moth balling dry docks for US Navy.
Joseph M. Kellogg on the far right in Guam in 1946, moth balling dry docks for US Navy Digital version
Guam, two dry docks.
Guam, two dry docks Digital version
Guam, air craft carrier capacity dry dock.
Guam, air craft carrier capacity dry dock Digital version
Guam, dry dock within a dry dock.
Guam, dry dock within a dry dock Digital version
US Navy ship in Guam.
US Navy ship in Guam Digital version
Ship in one of the Guam dry docks, 1946.
Ship in one of the Guam dry docks, 1946 Digital version
Guam.
Guam Digital version
Rewiring a generator in Guam.
Rewiring a generator in Guam Digital version
Dry dock within a dry dock.
Dry dock within a dry dock Digital version
Diesel engine or pump.
Diesel engine or pump Digital version
Guam, a very hot climate.
Guam, a very hot climate Digital version
Guam, an electric motor.
Guam, an electric motor Digital version
Ship in dry dock in Guam.
Ship in dry dock in Guam Digital version
A small sized dry dock within dry dock.
A small sized dry dock within dry dock Digital version
Guam.
Guam Digital version
Guam dry dock moving into position. A US Navy floating dry dock for ship repairs during World War II.
Guam dry dock moving into position. A US Navy floating dry dock for ship repairs during World War II Digital version
Joseph M. Kellogg and Guam co-worker.
Joseph M. Kellogg and Guam co-worker Digital version
Garrison Dam site preparation, 1953.
Garrison Dam site preparation, 1953 Digital version
Garrison Dam site preparation, pictures taken by Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1953.
Garrison Dam site preparation, pictures taken by Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1953 Digital version
Garrison Dam site preparation, pictures taken by Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1953.
Garrison Dam site preparation, pictures taken by Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1953 Digital version
Garrison Dam site preparation, pictures taken by Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1953.
Garrison Dam site preparation, pictures taken by Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1953 Digital version
Train used for hauling rock and gravel aggregate used on Garrison Dam, near Riverdale, North Dakota.
Train used for hauling rock and gravel aggregate used on Garrison Dam, near Riverdale, North Dakota Digital version
Gantry crane used to place materials in false structures for Garrison dam spillway.
Gantry crane used to place materials in false structures for Garrison dam spillway Digital version
Forms for concrete structures for the dam.
Forms for concrete structures for the dam Digital version
Paving Garrison Dam spillway, 1953.
Paving Garrison Dam spillway, 1953 Digital version
Garrison Dam, building spillway gates on the right with a spillway apron on the left.
Garrison Dam, building spillway gates on the right with a spillway apron on the left Digital version
Gantry cranes erecting spillway gates on the Garrison Dam.
Gantry cranes erecting spillway gates on the Garrison Dam Digital version
Garrison Dam construction, near Riverdale, North Dakota, 1953.
Garrison Dam construction, near Riverdale, North Dakota, 1953 Digital version
Garrison Dam construction, near Riverdale, North Dakota, 1953.
Garrison Dam construction, near Riverdale, North Dakota, 1953 Digital version
Caterpillar Diesel engine provides power for operation of sand washing plant. Operations in connection with the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project near Riverdale, North Dakota.
Caterpillar Diesel engine provides power for operation of sand washing plant. Operations in connection with the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project near Riverdale, North Dakota Digital version
Garrison Dam looking east.
Garrison Dam looking east Digital version
Garrison Dam spillway under construction, east looking west.
Garrison Dam spillway under construction, east looking west Digital version
Nearly completed spillway gates and apron.
Nearly completed spillway gates and apron Digital version
News clipping about Garrison spillway, 1953.
News clipping about Garrison spillway, 1953 Digital version
News clipping about Garrison Dam, 1953.
News clipping about Garrison Dam, 1953 Digital version
Joe Kellogg, project manager and to his left, George Torgerson, general superintendent, and to his right is Ted Torgerson, project superintendent.
Joe Kellogg, project manager and to his left, George Torgerson, general superintendent, and to his right is Ted Torgerson, project superintendent Digital version
Accident Prevention Award.
Accident Prevention Award Digital version
Joe Kellogg, second from the left, front row, with safety helmet.
Joe Kellogg, second from the left, front row, with safety helmet Digital version
Joe Kellogg, center, receiving award.
Joe Kellogg, center, receiving award Digital version
Another view of Joe Kellogg receiving award.
Another view of Joe Kellogg receiving award Digital version
Garrison Dam safety award ceremony.
Garrison Dam safety award ceremony Digital version
Left to right: E. F. Bacher, office manager, J. M. Kellogg, project manager, Ted Torgerson, project superintendent and R. W. Johnson, field engineer.
Left to right: E. F. Bacher, office manager, J. M. Kellogg, project manager, Ted Torgerson, project superintendent and R. W. Johnson, field engineer Digital version
Garrison spillway under construction.
Garrison spillway under construction Digital version
Garrison spillway apron paving.
Garrison spillway apron paving Digital version
Garrison spillway paving, bucket on a cable.
Garrison spillway paving, bucket on a cable Digital version
Joe Kellogg speaking before a group.
Joe Kellogg speaking before a group Digital version
Joe Kellogg standing and speaking.
Joe Kellogg standing and speaking Digital version
Joe and Serine Kellogg at Contractors Association dinner.
Joe and Serine Kellogg at Contractors Association dinner Digital version
Joseph M. Kellogg Obituary.
Joseph M. Kellogg Obituary Digital version
Joseph M. Kellogg Obituary.
Joseph M. Kellogg Obituary Digital version
Joseph Kellogg's obituary in the Moles Publication, an organization of tunneling engineers and contractors.
Joseph Kellogg's obituary in the Moles Publication, an organization of tunneling engineers and contractors Digital version
Location
Room 152Nipigon, Book 1, 1913-1914:
1 negative album.
Restricted.
Location
Internet 108 image files: JPEG:
Cover.
Cover Digital version
Cover Open.
Cover Open Digital version
Inside Cover.
Inside Cover Digital version
Index, page 1.
Index, page 1 Digital version
Index, page 2.
Index, page 2 Digital version
Index, page 3.
Index, page 3 Digital version
Index, page 4.
Index, page 4 Digital version
Speeder in snow, March.
Speeder in snow Digital version
View of track near Black Sturgeon.
View of track near Black Sturgeon Digital version
Engineer's camps, Black Sturgeon.
Engineer's camps, Black Sturgeon Digital version
The Mill, Black Sturgeon.
The Mill, Black Sturgeon Digital version
Moguls (Mc.K-Fay), Red Rock.
Moguls (Mc.K-Fay), Red Rock Digital version
Moguls (Mc.K-Fay), Red Rock.
Moguls (Mc.K-Fay), Red Rock Digital version
Moguls (Mc.K-Fay), Red Rock.
Moguls (Mc.K-Fay), Red Rock Digital version
Office and kitchen, Red Rock.
Office and kitchen, Red Rock Digital version
Bunk house, Red Rock.
Bunk house, Red Rock Digital version
Office, Red Rock.
Office, Red Rock Digital version
Kitchen, Red Rock.
Kitchen, Red Rock Digital version
Rock pit, Red Rock.
Rock pit, Red Rock Digital version
Shovel in rock pit, Red Rock.
Shovel in rock pit, Red Rock Digital version
Shovel in rock pit, Red Rock.
Shovel in rock pit, Red Rock Digital version
Shovel in rock pit, Red Rock.
Shovel in rock pit, Red Rock Digital version
Drillers, Red Rock.
Drillers, Red Rock Digital version
Drillers fighting, Red Rock.
Drillers fighting, Red Rock Digital version
Bull Cook, Red Rock.
Bull Cook, Red Rock Digital version
Night watchman, Red Rock.
Night watchman, Red Rock Digital version
Commissary, Red Rock.
Commissary, Red Rock Digital version
Self-Hunting, Red Rock.
Self-Hunting, Red Rock Digital version
Rock trains, Red Rock.
Rock trains, Red Rock Digital version
Rock trains, Red Rock.
Rock trains, Red Rock Digital version
Landscape, Red Rock.
Landscape, Red Rock Digital version
Landscape, Red Rock.
Landscape, Red Rock Digital version
Old blacksmith shop - Corbetts.
Old blacksmith shop - Corbetts Digital version
Hardy and McKirdy, Moose Point.
Hardy and McKirdy, Moose Point Digital version
E. J. Kelly, Orient-Lake Nipigon.
E. J. Kelly, Orient-Lake Nipigon Digital version
Kelly, Nipigon, bunk house.
Kelly, Nipigon, bunk house Digital version
McMillan, Nipigon, bunk house.
McMillan, Nipigon, bunk house Digital version
De Lambert, Nipigon, bunk house.
De Lambert, Nipigon, bunk house Digital version
"Doc", Nipigon.
Doc, Nipigon Digital version
Pringle - "chicken".
Pringle - chicken Digital version
Teddy.
Teddy Digital version
Town of Nipigon.
Town of Nipigon Digital version
Dogs, Indian Camp, Mis.
Dogs, Indian Camp, Mis. Digital version
"Devil" Huskie.
Devil Huskie Digital version
Huskie from Ombobica Lake Nipigon.
Huskie from Ombobica Lake Nipigon Digital version
Huskie from Ombobica Lake Nipigon.
Huskie from Ombobica Lake Nipigon Digital version
Dog team, starting for Long Lake.
Dog team, starting for Long Lake Digital version
Dog team, starting for Long Lake.
Dog team, starting for Long Lake Digital version
Speeder in Snow March 14 (Joe Kellogg).
Speeder in Snow March 14 (Joe Kellogg) Digital version
Self on Speeder.
Self on Speeder Digital version
DeLambert at M95.
DeLambert at M95 Digital version
Engineer's camp at M95.
Engineer's camp at M95 Digital version
View near Nipigon.
View near Nipigon Digital version
View in Port Arthur, Cumberland Street.
View in Port Arthur, Cumberland Street Digital version
View in Port Arthur, Current River.
View in Port Arthur, Current River Digital version
View in Port Arthur, C.P. Station.
View in Port Arthur, C.P. Station Digital version
View in Port Arthur, Collegiate building.
View in Port Arthur, Collegiate building Digital version
View in Port Arthur, dock.
View in Port Arthur, dock Digital version
View in Port Arthur, boat.
View in Port Arthur, boat Digital version
Hunting trip "boots".
Hunting trip boots Digital version
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913.
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913 Digital version
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913.
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913 Digital version
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913.
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913 Digital version
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913.
Hunting Trip, North Moose, 1913 Digital version
Hunting Trip, Enterprise, 1913.
Hunting Trip, Enterprise, 1913 Digital version
Camp, 1913.
Camp, 1913 Digital version
Camp, 1913.
Camp, 1913 Digital version
Camp, 1913.
Camp, 1913 Digital version
Camp, 1913.
Camp, 1913 Digital version
Camp, 1913.
Camp, 1913 Digital version
Camp, 1913.
Camp, 1913 Digital version
Camp, 1913.
Camp, 1913 Digital version
Snow and cold, September 20 , 1913.
Snow and cold, September 20 , 1913 Digital version
Snow and cold, September 20 , 1913.
Snow and cold, September 20 , 1913 Digital version
Klotz in camp.
Klotz in camp Digital version
Dorion water tank.
Dorion water tank Digital version
Our mascot, hawk.
Our mascot, hawk Digital version
Dorion post office.
Dorion post office Digital version
Grant.
Grant Digital version
Holder's Dominion Day.
Holder's Dominion Day Digital version
Dorion pump house.
Dorion pump house Digital version
Dorion landscape.
Dorion landscape Digital version
Boyle.
Boyle Digital version
Haines, E.M.
Haines, E.M. Digital version
Trip to Blende River Outfit.
Trip to Blende River Outfit Digital version
Do75 E.R.G.
Do75 E.R.G. Digital version
Co.75 Lunch Fire.
Co.75 Lunch Fire Digital version
Self (Joe) and Party online 1913 lunch.
Self (Joe) and Party online 1913 lunch Digital version
Self (Joe) and Party online 1913 lunch.
Self (Joe) and Party online 1913 lunch Digital version
Party on line 1913 lunch.
Party on line 1913 lunch Digital version
Party on line 1913 lunch.
Party on line 1913 lunch Digital version
1913 lunch on line.
1913 lunch on line Digital version
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher.
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher Digital version
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher.
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher Digital version
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher.
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher Digital version
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher.
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher Digital version
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher.
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher Digital version
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher.
Launching Hillmans boat ditcher Digital version
Squaw Island, Red Rock, 1914.
Squaw Island, Red Rock, 1914 Digital version
Trout Creek, Nipigon Bay.
Trout Creek, Nipigon Bay Digital version
Nipigon Bay, from C.N. Track.
Nipigon Bay, from C.N. Track Digital version
St. Ignace Island from C.N. Track.
St. Ignace Island from C.N. Track Digital version
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith of Red Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith of Red Rock Digital version
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith and Griffin of Red Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith and Griffin of Red Rock Digital version
Bear cub, camp mascot.
Bear cub, camp mascot Digital version
Bear cub, camp mascot.
Bear cub, camp mascot Digital version
R.A. Small - Cedar Creek Cut.
R.A. Small - Cedar Creek Cut Digital version
Engine crew, Cedar Creek Cut.
Engine crew, Cedar Creek Cut Digital version
Location
Room 152Nipigon, Book 2, 1913-1914:
1 negative album.
Restricted.
Location
Internet 33 image files: JPEG:
Cover.
Cover Digital version
Cover Open.
Cover Open Digital version
Index.
Index Digital version
Crab race, Long Lake, 1914.
Crab race, Long Lake, 1914 Digital version
Old man's race, Long Lake, 1914.
Old man's race, Long Lake, 1914 Digital version
Squaw race, Long Lake, 1914.
Squaw race, Long Lake, 1914 Digital version
Four in a canoe, Squaws, 1914.
Four in a canoe, Squaws, 1914 Digital version
One man race, 1914.
One man race, 1914 Digital version
Two man race, 1914.
Two man race, 1914 Digital version
Two man race finish, 1914.
Two man race finish, 1914 Digital version
Mixed man race start, 1914.
Mixed man race start, 1914 Digital version
Hudson Bay Post, Long Lake.
Hudson Bay Post, Long Lake Digital version
Hudson Bay Post, Long Lake.
Hudson Bay Post, Long Lake Digital version
Birch Barks.
Birch Barks Digital version
Squaws and Bunch, Dominion Day, Long Lake.
Squaws and Bunch, Dominion Day, Long Lake Digital version
Black Fox Pup, Long Lake.
Black Fox Pup, Long Lake Digital version
Black Fox Pup, Long Lake.
Black Fox Pup, Long Lake Digital version
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake.
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake Digital version
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake.
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake Digital version
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake.
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake Digital version
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake.
Ojibways at Home, North of Long Lake Digital version
John Kenogami, Chief.
John Kenogami, Chief Digital version
Summer Camp, Hudson's Bay Post.
Summer Camp, Hudson's Bay Post Digital version
Group of Indians, C.N. track, (Joe Kellogg on the left).
Group of Indians, C.N. track Digital version
Bull Cook and wife, 1914.
Bull Cook and wife, 1914 Digital version
"Ma" Midji and Papoose.
Ma Midji and Papoose Digital version
[Landscape, lake].
[Landscape, lake] Digital version
[Landscape, lake].
[Landscape, lake] Digital version
[Landscape, lake].
[Landscape, lake] Digital version
[Ojibway woman at camp].
[Ojibway woman at camp] Digital version
[Girl on swing].
[Girl on swing] Digital version
Ojibway children by tracks.
Ojibway children by tracks Digital version
Pet hawk.
Pet hawk Digital version

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

Topics:
Bridges -- Design and construction.
Dams -- Design and construction.
Hydroelectric power plants -- Design and construction.
Military engineering.
Ojibwa Indians -- Canada.
Railroad bridges -- Design and construction.
Steam power plants.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Engineering and construction.
Organizations:
Arnold Construction Company.
Johnson, Drake and Piper, Inc.
McWilliams Dredging Company.
Nick F. Helmers, Inc.
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
Siems-Helmers, Inc.
University of Minnesota.
Places:
Garrison Dam (N.D.)
Genoa (Wis.)
Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish, La.)
Menomonee River (Wis.)
Mississippi River.
New Orleans (La.)
Nipigon, Lake (Ont.)
Panama City (Fla.)
Pensacola (Fla.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Pedro de Macorís (Dominican Republic)
St. John's (N.L.)
Suisun Bay (Calif.)
Winton (Minn.)
Document Types:
Digital images.
Files (digital files)
Photographs.

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