Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.01.029
Accession#:
2005.01
Credit Line:
Donated by Harold Fossum, Mike Blackwell, Sean Boily, Mickey Lasley, Jerry Schrader, Mike Grummet, Bob Garrison, Jim Geraghty, Willette Janes, Maritime Hydraulics, Michelle Bonnet, Mark and Esther Millea, Greens Creek Mine, Coeur Alaska Inc., Rich Gordon, and Anchor Electric.
Object Name:
Print, photographic
Title:
Salmon Creek below dam site.
Photographer:
Winter and Pond
Description:
Black and white photograph of Salmon Creek waterfalls below dam site.
Notes:
Before the dam was built, the waterfalls on lower Salmon Creek were a sight to behold, on par with the views of Mendenhall Glacier and Auke Lake. By 1913 a 175 foot high dam was being built in Salmon Creek Basin by the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company to harness electrical power for its new mill south of Juneau. Gravel used in the concrete was dug by power scrapers from this valley, which eventually formed a lake when the dam was completed in 1914.
People:
Fossum, Harold
Blackwell, Mike
Boily, Sean
Lasley, Mickey
Schrader, Jerry
Grummet, Mike
Garrison, Bob
Janes, Willette
Bonnet, Michelle
Millea, Mark and Esther
Gordon, Rich
Blackwell, Mike
Boily, Sean
Lasley, Mickey
Schrader, Jerry
Grummet, Mike
Garrison, Bob
Janes, Willette
Bonnet, Michelle
Millea, Mark and Esther
Gordon, Rich
Search Terms:
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Salmon Creek below Dam Site
Salmon Creek below Dam Site