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The sawmill-Phoenix
"Phoenix Lumber Company and sawmill on the riverbank at the foot of Post and Wall Streets"
Spokane -- Lumber Mills (#03)
Men posing in front of the Sawmill Phoenix about 1900 with the first Washington Water Power plant in the foreground. Name changed to Phoenix Mill in 1906.
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 -- 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 -- Vinegar Works (#01)
The west side of the Keller-Lorenz Vinegar Works. This structure was built in 1888 for F.G. Hieber as a brewery. In 1890, using the same vats, the Keller brothers began manufacturing vinegar. Date of photograph unknown.
Spokane -- Industries -- Smelter (#01)
The smelter on the east bank of the Spokane River downstream from the Bowl and Pitcher. Taken March 16, 1929.
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 -- 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 (#08)
A man leans against pipes at the Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#07)
Copy photographs of the Spokane Oil and Refinery Company.
Spokane -- Industries -- Oil Refineries (#06)
Storage tanks and smokestack at Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.
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 -- 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)
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 -- 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.
Spokane -- Industries -- Brown Metal Works (#07)
Plane built by William and Thoburn Brown at the Brown Metal Works in Spokane, ca. 1934.
Spokane -- Industries -- Brown Metal Works (#03)
Between 1932 and 1940, Brown Metal Works built and delivered aluminum body, streamlined buses with rear motors. Adults and children pose in front of a completed bus.
Spokane -- Industries -- Brown Metal Works (#01)
Thoburn and William Brown with their Metalark II. Taking over their metal company from their father, they manufactured airplanes during the 1930s. Taken c. 1933.
Spokane -- Furniture and Cabinet Shop (#01)
During the Great Depression, building contractor Wallfred Charles "Jack" Peelgren at work in his furniture and cabinet shop. Taken in 1935.
Spokane -- Flour Mills (#06)
A view of the falls and the C&C Flour Mills on Post Street taken in 1901.