John S. Volpe photographs collection [graphic], 1917-1952.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

John S. Volpe photographs collection [graphic], 1917-1952.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/637921022

Photographs taken and collected by John S. Volpe, an engineer for the Portland Electric Power Company (PEPCO, later Portland General Electric Company), in Portland Oregon, who worked primarily with installation of underground cables. The collection consists of mostly undated photographs from Volpe's career at PEPCO/PGE, with many images of electrical work throughout the city (land and water) from the 1920s through the early 1950s. One folder contains images of Mr. Volpe in various capacities, including head shots. Other materials include: G.E. and Westinghouse booklets of rules, guidelines and reference; newspaper clippings regarding various PEPCO/PGE work; the 1927 commendation letter from the president of PEPCO; and notice that John Volpe received honors in 1951. Of note is a photograph album documenting the installation of the first submerged electrical cable system in Oregon, circa 1945. Also included are images of cable laying in downtown Portland, employees of PEPCO, and the visit of the plane Spirit of St. Louis to Portland in the late 1920s.

.4 cubic feet (1 document case)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7903717

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Portland General Electric Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr6p2k (corporateBody)

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...

Portland Electric Power Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fb8wkq (corporateBody)

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...

Volpe, John S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6833spz (person)