Fremont Powerhouse (Granite, Oregon)
- Title
- Fremont Powerhouse (Granite, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- Fremont Power House (Granite, Oregon)
- Photographer
- Donovan, Sally
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1993) National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form
- Provenance
- University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
- 1900-1909
- Style Period
- Rustic (European style)
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views public buildings power plants architectural drawings (visual works) plans (orthographic projections) plans, floor
- Location
- Grant County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
- Street Address
- Forest Road S725; Road 10
- Date
- 1908
- View Date
- 2009
- Identifier
- OR_Grant_Pendleton_Fremont.pdf
- Rights
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Type
- Image
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
- Note
- The Fremont power house was constructed in 1908 and, after 59 years of continuous service, generated its last electrical power in October 1967. In 1968, the California - Pacific Utilities Company donated the entire complex to the U.S. Forest Service . The need for economic power surfaced in 1903 when the earnings of some local mines began to decrease. In an effort to operate the mines more economically, local waterpower from nearby Olive Lake was used to generate the much- needed electrical power. In 2001 the power house was restored under the direction of Command Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Joe Batty, Oregon Army National Guard's Innovative Readiness Training Program, 3670th Maintenance Company and 1249th Engineer Battalion; and Umatilla National Forest.
