Armour Plant Stock Pens

This series consists of photographs of facilities in Spokane, Washington used by both the Northern Pacific Railroad and Great Northern Railway. These photographs were not submitted to the Commission and as such do not have identifying exhibit numbers. The photographs in this series are arranged as a group because of their location and because the NP and the GN co-owned the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SP&S). The SP&S was a joint venture between the two railroads, both controlled by James J. Hill, to build a railroad along the north bank of the Columbia River, connecting the two transcontinental railroads to Portland, Oregon from Spokane, Washington. The SP&S served the new industries located along the river, including aluminum plants, sawmills, chemical factories and grain elevators. The photographs in this series depict industries in and around Spokane, the car end engine shops of the NP, and the Great Northern Train Station with its iconic clock tower which is the only part of the building that remains standing today.