Name/Title
Lake Road Power Station Installation, St. Joseph, Snapshots (53), 1950-1951Entry/Object ID
P2003.14.100Description
Lake Road Power Station Installation, St. Joseph, Snapshots (53), 1950-1951. b/w. Small snapshot photos related to the construction of new power plant in St. Joseph on Lake Road that was to supply steam power to the Stock Yards. . Various views as below:
--03.14.100 = Guard at gate with helmet & rifle, profile. Chain link fence and power plant in background. Handwritten on back: "Pacing Guard at Lake Road Pw Station, St. Joe Mo"
--03.14.101 = Entrance to Lake Road Plant, Sign above door "St. Joseph Light & Power Company". Man leaning on rail at front steps. Handwritten on back: "Lake Road P.H. Entrance St.. Joe, MO"
--03.14.102 = Two workmen crouched on floor eating their lunch. Compressed air tank on either side, jacket hanging on nail on wall behind them. Handwritten on back: "Andy & Roy Peaslee"
--03.14.103 = Lake Road office and plant under construction. "Ribs" of buildings, crane at right. Handwritten on back: "Boiler with turbine base poured 8-9-50 10:30 a.m."
--03.14.104 = Superstructure of power plant building, workmen climbing or working inside skeleton, other workman on ground , crane beside. Handwritten on back: "Day of Arrival, 8-9-50, Lake Road Job at St. Joe MO, S. Joe Lt & Power, 200,000# Boiler #4, 960 PSI 900 degrees supplied Steam to Stock Yard"
--03.14.105 = Steam distribution lines coming out of the superstructure, elevated, supported by uprights. Handwritten on back: "Distribution Lines. In Pressure and Moisture for different uses at Yard"
--03.14.106 = Three workmen perched on top of round horizontal tanks. Handwritten on back: Werton, Lough, Griffin 11-30-50"
--03.14.107 = Condensate storage tanks (3), round tanks on ground ready for installation at construction site. Railroad tracks in background. Handwritten on back: Photo/b/w/3 large tanks/railroad tracks/construction materials scattered on ground/"1-16-51 Condensate Storage Tank" written on back
--03.14.108 = Condensate tank hoisting into place. Round tank hoisted by crane up side of building. Handwritten on back: Moving in Condensate Storage tank 1-6-51"
--03.14.109 = Man wearing hat in office at desk. Handwritten on back: "Cookie, Leg Boy for Palmer"
--03.14.110 = Workmen working on steam distribution pipe, one man on knees bending over pipe with back to camera, the other (partial) standing with brush in hand. Handwritten on back: J.R., Andy , Line to Stock Yard".
--03.111 = Man inspecting pipes. Man in hat holding flashlight looking over pipes and tanks. Partial label on pipe "Lake Road". Handwritten on back: "Tom Essex Mac Inspector"
--03.14.112 = Four men conversing, 3 men in suits/hats, one in workpants, suspenders; two men on right with backs to camera. Taken inside work area. Handwritten on back: "Date of Turbine Start-up 7-15-51"
--03.14.113 = Same 4 men as above, near machinery. Handwritten on back: "Mg (?) C. D. Ward, Joe Barfield, D. L. Palmer, Inspection"
--03.14.114 = Boiler Room Steam Distribution line. Photo of large steam distribution pipe stalled across an interior space exiting out building, 55 gal barrels on floor, crane hook in ceiling. Handwritten on back: "Blow out piping thru window for cleaning out M.S & Boiler Before hooking turbine on"
--03.14.115 = Cooling towers, Large industrial building with metal steps up the left side, Four large pipes installed from top side of building down the side to base. Handwritten on back: "Cooling Towers"
--03.14.116 = Desuperheater: Rack of pipes and valves. Handwritten on back: "Desuperheater Unit"
--03.14.117-118 = Flash tank: White round tank beside boiler, associated pipes and valves. Handwritten on back: "Flash Tank & D. A." 2 similar photos
--03.14.119 = Industrial Pumps (2) installed on floor next to large tank, open window in wall. Handwritten on back: "B.F. Pumps"
--03.14.120 = Desuperheater headers; Arrangement of heavy duty pipes & valves coming off another piece of machinery. Handwritten on back: "Desuperheater"
--03.14.121 = Instrument Piping and Control Panel . Horizontal piping with cabling running above and beside. Pipe in center is tied to a board. Handwritten on back: 'Instrument Piper below control board" written on back
--03.14.122 = Coal Car engine on rail near building. Man standing in front and woman, waving, standing on rear step. Handwritten on back: "The mule we used for moving coal cars around"
--03.14.123-125 = Break in at Office. Photos of grassy field with tin metal and office equipment adding machine, etc. Difficult to make out. Handwritten on back;
123--"Covered with Tin, 2-2-51, Break in at L.P. office"
124--"Stolen office supplies. By the Moffin Brothers, Forged Several Checks but got Pick up in Hrs.
125--"My stolen adding machine"
--03.14.126 = Heater: Large horizontal tank with large piping and valves. workman adjusting equipment at left end of tank. Two men (partial shot) on floor in front. Handwritten on back: "Sollars, Dea Heater"
--03.14.127 = Array of piping coming out of building, workman on scaffold. Handwritten on back: "Tie in to main circuit to Yards, H.W. Fuller. 10-50."
--03.14.128 = Office, man in hat seated at desk with blueprint on top. Leather coat & cap on post peg. heater & drafting board along back wall. Handwritten on back: "Bob, Eng. for General Contractor."
--03.14.129 = Storage Tank being hoisted into side of building at top. Handwritten on back: "Moving in Storage Tank"
--03.14.130 = Building superstructure, similar to 03.14.104. Handwritten on back: "Lake Road looking south, 10-50"
03.14.131 = Workmen on break, 7 men in work attire, under porch, work setting. Handwritten on back: "Sellars, Williamson, Jennings Dischner, Fuller, Andy Olin 10-5- Lake Road Job" written on back
--03.14.132 = Two men in shirt/tie standing in front of large boiler tank on rail car. Handwritten on back: "Mr. Palmer of Long Construction, General Contractor of K.C &RR, Wischmeson, V. P. of Midwest Piping"
--03.14.133 = Construction office: 1 workman in coveralls, man in shirt/tie in closeted area, two men working at desks. Handwritten on back: Joe Cook, Thomas, Sollars"
--03.14.134 = Hoisting tank into place. Same as 03.14.108.
--03.14.135 = Four men taken outside next to building. Snow on ground. 1 workman and welder in pit at left, Man in cap/jacket, another in overcoat and hat looking on: Handwritten on back: McCurry, Anderson, RepAss Trainee, Wilson"
--03.14.136 = Condensate Storage Tank Move. Large white tank on its side on ground attached by ropes, crane at left. Opening in side of building at atop. Another tank as been lifted and sits in the opening. Pickup truck at right. Handwritten on back: Moving in Condensate Storage Tank, wt. 11 ton."
--03.14.137 = Condensate Tank Move:, Large round tank upright sits on plank floor in opening. Ladder against tank. Handwritten on back: "Moving in condensate storage tank, Lake Road"
--03.14.138 = Workmen (5) on break. Five men in work attire, two seated on work bench, lunch boxes beside them. Congregated under open beam ceiling. Handwritten on back: Don Lilley, Muller, Sollars, Jennings, Dischnor"
--03.14.139 = Tank Room. Three medium size round tanks with mixers affixed to rim, piping and valves, situated in corner of room. "Handwritten on back: "Chemical Mixing & Make Up".
--03.14.140 = Turbine Room Superstructure. Handwritten on back: "Looking east before sking put on turbine room:"
--03.14.141 = Pressure relief valves & related piping. Handwritten on back: "P.R. V., Lake Road Job, 1-13-51"
--03.14.142 = Welder on steam distribution line. "Handwritten on back: "Olin Williams"
--03.14.143 = Workman atop steam distribution pipe line, Handwritten on back: "J.J. Laird working on line to Stock Yard. 10-50.
--03.14.144 = Compress air tank row along wall with chlorine mixer. "Handwritten on back: "Chlorine Make up"
--03.14.145 = Control Panel & Piping. Array of pipes and valves. Handwritten on back: "Some control piping under control panel"
--03.14.146 = Boiler drums. Two boilers partially seen at photo left, with associated piping and valves. Handwritten on back: "Top of drum water control for boiler"
--03.14.147 = Wall Control Panel. Series of display dials and switches installed in wall with desk in front. Handwritten on back: "Front of Control Panel".
--03.14.148 = Welder on steam distribution pipe. Handwritten on back: "Sam O Lough welding on line to Stock Yard.
--03.14.149 = Control Panel Instrumentation: Row of pipes, valves, along wall on right. This must be the inside wall to the control panel in 03.14.147 above. Handwritten on back: "Instrument behind control panel"
--03.14.150 = Lab Testing Sink: Row of sinks on pedestal along wall, piping above. Steps to 2nd story behind. Handwritten on back: "Lab testing sink for testing Samocc from Different Areas"
--03.14.151 = Building Exterior view;. Completed building on left, hoppers in front, Smoke stack and tank on top of small building to right. Rail barely visible at lower left. Handwritten on back: "Outside boiler at Lake Road P.H., St. Joy My."
--13.14.152 = Storage Condensation Tanks (2), installed on upper floor. Sign "P & H" visible on top catwalk on right. Handwritten on back: "Storage Condensation Tanks"
Original digital scan located on History DC 20Made/Created
Date made
1950Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
St. Joseph Light & Power, Stations, Lake Road Power StationDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 2½" x 3½"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Andy PeasleePerson or Organization
Roy PeasleePerson or Organization
Olin WilliamsPerson or Organization
J. J. LairdProvenance
Notes
Photos taken by father of donor who was superintendent on power plant installations at Edmond and Lake Road Stations in 1950-1951
