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  • Collection: Spokane Industry

Spokane_FlourMills016.tif
View of the front of C and C Milling Company.

spokaneindustriesbrownmetal_7.tif
Plane built by William and Thoburn Brown at the Brown Metal Works in Spokane, ca. 1934.

spokaneindustriesbrownmetal_3.tif
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.

spokaneindustriesbrownmetal_1.tif
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_Electric_Power_Plants006.tif
Long Lake power plant under construction

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants009.tif
"Old generating plant at middle falls. From original by C. A. Cook, Tacoma."

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants029.tif
"Middle Falls. Spokane River. Old generating plant."

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants018.tif
"Old electric plant beneath Monroe Street Bridge"

spokaneflourmills_6.tif
A view of the falls and the C&C Flour Mills on Post Street taken in 1901.

spokaneindustriessmelter_1.tif
The smelter on the east bank of the Spokane River downstream from the Bowl and Pitcher. Taken March 16, 1929.

Spokane_Stockyards001.tif
Stockmen's Union Stockyards on East Trent in Spokane.

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants015.tif
"Nine Mile power house and dam on Spokane River, Wash."

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants027.tif
Man standing inside a large pipe at Long Lake Dam.

spokanelumbermills_2.tif
Man poses in the aftermath of the Spokane Mill Co. fire of 1892.

spokanelumbermills_3.tif
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_Electric_Power_Plants024.tif
"Spokane Falls. First power station of the Washington Water Power Company about 1878." (Copy print)

spokaneindustriesvinegarworks_1.tif
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_Electric_Power_Plants001.tif
Power plant on the river.

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants002.tif
View of the power house on the river.

Spokane_Newspapers001.tif
Power press of the Spokesman-Review, ca. 1925.

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants039.tif
"Little Falls power station, Spokane River, near Spokane. 32,800 hp. the W.W.P. Co."

Spokane_public_utilities001.tif
Washington Water and Power Company, 29th Street Station.

Spokane_Electric_Power_Plants013.tif
Little falls power plant

spokanefurniturecabinetshop_1.tif
During the Great Depression, building contractor Wallfred Charles "Jack" Peelgren at work in his furniture and cabinet shop. Taken in 1935.

spokaneflourmills_1.tif
The Echo Mill was the second flour mill constructed on the Spokane River at the site of Spokane Falls. S.G. Havermale and George Davis built it in 1881. The original electric power plant is at the lower left.

spokaneflourmills_2.tif
The old C&C Spokane Flour mill before renovation and redevelopment taken during the summer of 1973.

spokaneflourmills_4.tif
The C&C mill on Post St. and the lower falls. Date unknown.

spokaneflourmills_15.tif
C&C Milling Company mill and lower falls. Date unknown.

spokanebreweries_13.tif
Spokane Brewing Co. brewery and warehouse (later Sicks Rainier Brewery). Spokane County courthouse is in the distance and the Spokane River and powerhouse is in the foreground. Date unknown.

spokanebreweries_2.tif
The Schade Bottling Works, part of the Schade Brewery on Trent Ave. Horse teams and drivers are posed with kegs. Date unknown.

spokanebreweries_3.tif
The main building of the Schade Brewery on Trent Ave. Date unknown. Railroad tracks are in the foreground. Date unknown.

spokanebreweries_4.tif
The staff of the Schade Brewery poses in front of keg barrels. Bernhardt Schade is posed in the front row on a keg. In the third row, fourth from left is Henry Mraz, bookkeeper and student at Gonzaga. Wenzel Mraz, the brewmaster, is to his left. …

spokanebreweries_5.tif
An interior view of the main Schade Brewery building showing part of the brewing machinery around the turn of the century.

spokanebreweries_12.tif
Bernhardt Schade drinking beer with his father, cousin and brother-in-law in his office at the Schade Brewery. From left to right - C. Julius Schade (father), P.G. Bernhardt Schade, A.L. Frederick Schade (cousin and future legislator from the 6th…

spokaneindustriescentralpremix_1.tif
Aerial view of the Central Premix plant on Division, just north of the Spokane River. Taken c. 1940.

spokaneindustriesdistilling_1.tif
Spokane Distilling Co. distillery located on Trent. Offices at 257 Main Ave in 1893.

spokaneindustriesmeatpacking_2.tif
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.

spokaneindustriesoilrefineries_1.tif
Man standing in front of storage tanks at Spokane Oil and Refining Co. near Hillyard. Date unknown.

spokaneindustriesoilrefineries_6.tif
Storage tanks and smokestack at Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.

spokaneindustriesoilrefineries_8.tif
A man leans against pipes at the Spokane Oil and Refining Co. Date unknown.
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