NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY (MINNESOTA):
An Inventory of Its Hydropower Engineering at St. Anthony Falls Photograph Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Northern States Power Company (Minnesota) | |
| Title: | Hydropower engineering at St. Anthony Falls photograph collection. | |
| Dates: | 1890-1990. | |
| Abstract: | Views illustrate a century of building projects, demolitions, repairs, floods, equipment and people working around Saint Anthony Falls hydropower facilities. Also includes aerial images of the Saint Anthony Falls area, Minneapolis. | |
| Quantity: | 3 albums: black and white; 12 x 17 inches and smaller, 141 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 5 x 7 inches and smaller, 599 photographs: negative, safety, color and black and white, and 19 folders (approximately 500 photographs and 455 images on 205 sheets) | |
| Location: | III.61 : See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ARRANGEMENT
Collection arranged in four series including two original numbered sequences, early and late, that overlap in chronology:
| Early sequence | ||
| Late sequence | ||
| Unnumbered | ||
| Portraits |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions:
Unnumbered negatives and photographs, approximately 1950-1990 are in copyright. Please consult the reference staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Northern States Power Company (Minnesota). Hydropower engineering at St Anthony Falls photograph collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2018.77
Processing Information:
Processed by: Karen Obermeyer-Kolb, April 2019
Catalog ID number: 9989754536704294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
EARLY SEQUENCE, 1890-1929
Photograph album
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 Album 1 | 1 | Early sequence photographs nos. 511-529, 1904-1929. | |||||||||||
Digital version
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Negatives
| Many numbers are missing in the sequence. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 3 | Nos. 1-3, 1890. 3 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||
| Nos. 22-24, 1894. 3 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| No. 26, approximately 1894. 1 photograph: negative, glass, black and white, 5 x 8 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Broken. | |||||||||||||
LATE SEQUENCE, 1899-1954
Photograph albums
| Printed copies of negatives with corresponding number. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 Album 2 | 1 | Late sequence photograph nos. 1-377 and unnumbered, 1899-1935. | |||||||||||
Digital version
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| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 Album 3 | 2 | Late sequence photographs no. 378-1157, 1936-1954. | |||||||||||
Digital version
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Negatives
| Many numbers are missing in the sequence. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 3 | Nos. 1-17, 1906. 17 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 5 x 7 inches. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 4 | Nos. 18-47, 1906. 17 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||
| Nos. 19, 20, 22, 40, and 43 are broken. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 23 and 45 are cracked. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 48-61, 1907. 12 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 55, 60, and 61 are broken. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 58 and 60 are cracked.. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 5 | Nos. 62-73, 1907. 12 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||
| Nos. 67 is broken | |||||||||||||
| No. 72 is cracked. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 74-82, 1905. 9 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| No. 74 is broken | |||||||||||||
| No. 77 is cracked. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 83-90, 1905. 8 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 91-92, 1906. 2 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| No. 91 is broken. | |||||||||||||
| No. 93, 1906. 1 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| No. 94, 1906. 1 photograph: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 7 | Nos. 155-198, 1930. 44 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||
| Nos. 199-229, 1931. 31 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 230-274, 1932. 45 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 275-304, 1933. 30 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 305-353, 1934. 52 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 305, 306, and 324 are each two negatives. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 354-358, 1935. 5 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 359-370, 1936. 12 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 372-375, 1935. 4 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 376-478, 1936. 97 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 479-539, 1937. 62 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| No. 514 is two negatives. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 540-560, 1938. 21 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 591-596, 1937. 6 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 597-696, 1938. 103 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 707-751, 1939. 45 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 756-783, 1940. 28 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 787-790, 1941. 5 photographs: negative, safety, black and white; 3 x 5 inches. | |||||||||||||
UNNUMBERED, APPROXIMATELY 1908, 1920, 1950-1990
Negatives, 1908 and 1920
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 5 | Unidentified, approximately 1908. 6 photographs: negative, glass, black and white, 5 x 7 inches. | |||||||||||
| Possibly part of late sequence. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 7 | Unidentified, approximately 1920s. 3 photographs: negative, safety, black and white, 3.25 x 4.25 inches. | |||||||||||
| Possibly part of early sequence. | |||||||||||||
Negatives, approximately 1950-1990. 1 folder (approximately 455 images on 205 sheets).
| In copyright. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 1 | Hennepin Island, rack racker and gates, approximately 1950s. | |||||||||||
| Hennepin Island, racker and canal, approximately 1950s. | |||||||||||||
| Horseshoe, approximately 1950s. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified, approximately 1950s. | |||||||||||||
| Building of upper lock, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| L.D. Kingsbury bearing shoes, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Lock construction, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Lock dedication, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Lower dam collapse, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Sky view of locks and dams, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Snow and ice pictures, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Damage main apron, April 22, 1952. | |||||||||||||
| Party, approximately 1955. | |||||||||||||
| Upstream wall needing repair, April 1957. | |||||||||||||
| Closing of canal, October 25, 1960. | |||||||||||||
| Buckhead canal closing, March 2, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Draining west side pond, April 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Upper lock and canal, October 18, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Closing of canal and old office, December 1, 1961. | |||||||||||||
| Wrecking Excelsior building, 1962. | |||||||||||||
| Hennepin Island rock bar repair no. 5, September 14, 1963. | |||||||||||||
| Flood, 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified, 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Spring flood, spring 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Flood damage and miscellaneous, Pillsbury boiler house, July 3, 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Hydro views, August 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified, August 1965. | |||||||||||||
| Lower dam, 1966. | |||||||||||||
| Main apron, Hennepin Island, November 17, 1966. | |||||||||||||
| The falls, April 7, 1967. | |||||||||||||
Photographs, approximately 1950-1990. 18 folders (approximately 500 photographs).
| In copyright. | |||||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 7 | Additional phase II, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||
| Cofferdam at lower dam, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Crane load test, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Lower dam after collapse, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Lower power house intake and units, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| St. Anthony's main apron, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Southwest steam plant, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Turbine wheel?, approximately 1950s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| CT's, approximately 1960s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Dust storm at Riverside, February 16, 1968. | |||||||||||||
| Hennepin Island, November 1969. | |||||||||||||
| St. Anthony's hydro plant, August 1970. | |||||||||||||
| Wall/floor, May 1986. | |||||||||||||
| Canal cleaning, Hennepin Island, Summer1987. | |||||||||||||
| Main apron repair, August 17, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| Lower dam collapse, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| No. 5 Hennepin Island, December 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Grouting and drains no.2 section, August 1989. | |||||||||||||
PORTRAITS, APPROXIMATELY 1918
55 photographs: negative, glass, 5 x 3 inches.
| Box | |||||||||||||
| III.61 | 6 | Portrait no. WP-1, | |||||||||||
| O.G. Wilson, no. WP-2. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-3. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-4. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-5. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-6. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-7. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-8. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-9. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-10. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-12. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-13. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-14. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-16. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-17. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-18. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-20. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-21. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-24. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-25. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-26. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-27. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-28. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-31. | |||||||||||||
| William de la Barre, no. WP-32. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-33. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-33. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-36. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-37. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-38. | |||||||||||||
| Portrait no. WP-97?. | |||||||||||||
| Brenchley, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| Earl Fredrickson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| J. Hendrickson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| John Jackson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| Jameson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| A. Jensen, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| Fred Johnson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| G. Johnson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| Roy Lunduall, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| Nick Nielson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| Ben Peterson, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| A.B. Streed, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| C. Thomas, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| K. Trosser, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| G. Wigge, WPO. | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified. 9 photographs. | |||||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
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:
- Civil engineers -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Dams -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
- Floods -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Flour mills -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Public utilities -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- River engineering -- Minnesota -- Saint Anthony Falls -- Photographs.
- Water-power -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Waterfalls -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Photographs.
- Places:
- Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Photographs.
- Mississippi River -- Power utilization -- Photographs.
- Saint Anthony Falls (Minn.) -- Photographs.
- Document Types:
- Negatives (photographs).
- Photograph albums.
- Photographs.
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