Browse Items (74 total)

  • Collection: Spokane Industry

The sawmill-Phoenix

"Phoenix Lumber Company and sawmill on the riverbank at the foot of Post and Wall Streets"

Hedlund Lumber Company workers.

Hedlund Lumber Company workers. Man in front, 3rd from left, is Robert Gawn Lambier. Shingle mill.

Edison Electric Company

Unidentified employees of Edison Electric in Spokane.

Spokane Valley -- Blacksmiths (#02)

Unidentified blacksmith. No information is available.

Spokane -- Sawmills (#07)

Scranton and Downey Sawmill.

Spokane -- Sawmills (#06)

Plant of the Spokane Mill Company sometime before 1889.

Spokane -- Industry -- Spokane Gas Light Company (#02)

Window display at the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company in the early 1900s.

Spokane -- Industry -- Spokane Gas Light Company (#01)

Window display at the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company in the early 1900s.

Spokane -- Industries -- Printing (#01)

Western Auto Supply Company and C. W. Hill Printing on Riverside Avenue.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#09)

Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#08)

Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#07)

Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#05)

Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#03)

Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#02)

Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#01)

Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.

Spokane -- Industries -- Meat Industry and Trade (#03)

Stanton Packing Plant, Spokane, Washington.

Spokane -- Industries -- Meat Industry and Trade (#02)

In about 1897 Edgar Stanton began a meat market business in Spokane. He had the Cold Storage Market at 317 Riverside and the Idaho Market at 617 Sprague. The business grew into a huge operation, Stanton Meat and Packing, that sold to Armour & Co. in…

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#37)

"Original power plant as viewed from the northwest."

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#22)

"Middle falls after Crystal Plant was built and before demolition of old power plant"

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#17)

Washington Water Power Company plant on the Spokane River.

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#16)

"Middle Falls from old Howard Street Bridge."

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#14)

"Middle falls later 1880s"

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#10)

Initial construction of old Monroe Street Bridge, 1891. (Copy print)

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#08)

Looking upriver. Interurban depot on landfill (copy print).

Spokane -- Electric power plants (#04)

Electric power plant on the middle falls. Copy print.

Spokane -- Breweries (#06)

Exterior shot showing the Schade Brewery on Trent.

Spokane -- Lumber Mills (#05)

Spokane Mill Company plant. Date unknown.

Spokane -- Lumber Mills (#01)

Water reflection on river at McGoldrick Mill in an undated photo. This mill was located on the Spokane River below Gonzaga University and is currently a pond and grassy riverbank.

Spokane -- Sawmills (#02)

The Scranton & Downey Mill in a photo taken c. 1872.

Spokane -- Industries -- Printing (#04)

Men pour concrete for a sidewalk in front of the Inland American Printing Company on West Sprague. Date unknown.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#08)

A man leans against pipes at the Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#06)

Storage tanks and smokestack at Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.

Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#01)

Man standing in front of storage tanks at Spokane Oil and Refining Co. near Hillyard. Date unknown.

Spokane -- Industries -- Meat Industry and Trade (#02)

The E.H. Stanton meat packing plant prior to 1917. That year, it was sold to Armour & Co. The plant was located on the E 3300 block of Trent Ave. An observer watches cattle in holding pens next to the railroad tracks. Taken c. 1914.

Spokane -- Industries -- Distilling (#01)

Spokane Distilling Co. distillery located on Trent. Offices at 257 Main Ave in 1893.

Spokane -- Industries -- Central Premix (#01)

Aerial view of the Central Premix plant on Division, just north of the Spokane River. Taken c. 1940.