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Portland General Electric Company

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Moment papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 193
Abstract

Samuel Moment worked as an industry development consultant from 1940 to 1954 for the Bonneville Power Administration and from 1955 to 1995 as a consultant to world organizations. The collection contains documents related to the legal dispute over placement of Snake River dams during the Eisenhower administration.

Dates: 1935-1974

Francis Hayes Murphy papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 074
Abstract

Francis Hayes Murphy (1878-1968) became an electrical engineer; he worked first in Wisconsin and later in Oregon, where he was employed for the Portland Railway Light and Power Company. The collection (1920-1940) includes minutes, reports, contracts, codes, photographs, and other historical data and documents on electric lighting in Oregon.

Dates: 1920-1940

Portland General Electric records

 Collection
Identifier: Bx 096
Abstract Portland General Electric is a utility company in Oregon that was known as Portland Railway Light and Power Company 1906-1924. The collection consists of 149 prints of Portland area train and trolley stock, bridges and trestles, and installation of power and telephone poles, c. 1890s-1940s. Also included are photographs, dating from 2000 and 2005, of the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project, and the Willamette Falls Hydroelectic Project (T.S. Sullivan Hydroelectic Plant and Hawley Pulp and Paper...
Dates: 1923-2005; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1950