John S. Volpephotographs collection 1917-1952
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Volpe, John S.
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John S. Volpe served as superintendant of the Underground Distribution Department at Portland General Electric (known originally as Portland Electric Power Company [PEPCO]) from the early 1920s through his retirement in 1952. He was in charge of the first electrical cable submerged under the Willamette River, hooking the west side to the east side, completed in April 1945, as well as many subsequent submerged cables. Mr. Volpe received a 1927 commendation letter from the...
Portland Electric Power Company
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The first public transportation system in Portland, Oregon, began in 1872 as a horsecar line on First Street. When, in 1891, the separate cities of East Portland and Albina joined Portland to form a single city of 88,200 people, the City & Suburban Railway Company merged out of the Willamette Bridge Railway Company and the old Third Street horsecar system. Most of the remaining street railways joined into the Portland Consolidated Street Railway Company. In 1893, the East Side Railway Compan...
Portland General Electric Company
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The Portland General Electric Company has ties to two power companies of the late 1880s in northwest Oregon. In 1884, the United States Electric Light and Power Company was founded by Parker F. Morey and Fredrick Van Voorhies Holman. In 1889, the Willamette Falls Electric Company began producing power in Oregon City, Oregon. The company was founded by Parker F. Morey and Edward Eastham. Morey was president of the company from 1891-1892. Edward L. Eastham was president of the company from 1888 un...
