Power Plant Cooling Towers and Boilers in St. Joseph Snapshots (4), c. 1950

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Power Plant Installations, St. Joseph, c. 1950

Name/Title

Power Plant Cooling Towers and Boilers in St. Joseph Snapshots (4), c. 1950

Entry/Object ID

P2003.14.3

Description

Power Plant Cooling Towers and Boilers in St. Joseph Snapshots (4), c. 1950. b/w. Small snapshot photos of various components of the installations as below: 03.14.3 = Aerial view of power station with cooling towers and other building. Handwritten on back: "From Stack cooling towers. road N to St. Joe" 03.14.4 = Pipes & valves to feed pump. Handwritten on back: "Some chemical feed pump" 03.14.5 = Industrial pump with adjacent pipes and valves. Handwritten on back: "Traps and makeup pumps" 03.14.7 = Outdoor Boiler installation. Large cylindrical vertical pipes surround large cylindrical tank. Handwritten on back: "Looking over the top of the outdoor boiler No building over it" Original digital scan located on History CD 20.

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1950

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

St. Joseph Power & Light, St. Joseph Power Stations

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: various

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 14, 2015

Provenance

Notes

Photos taken by father of donor who was superintendent on power plant installations at Edmond and Lake Road Stations in 1950-1951