METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION An Inventory of Its Project Photographs

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1 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Minnesota State Archives METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION An Inventory of Its Project Photographs OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS Agency: Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (Minn.). Series Title: Dates: Quantity: 1.1 cu. ft. (1 box and 1 oversize folder). : See Detailed Description section for box locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs documenting the construction of the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant near Pig's Eye Lake in St. Paul, and the digging of tunnels and construction of reinforcedconcrete sewers under the streets of St. Paul and (to a much lesser extent) Minneapolis in the 1930s. Also included are general views of the plant, and photographs depicting the construction of its additions and improvements (1950s-1970s). There are 1930s-era St. Paul street scenes, including views taken near downtown and in the Rondo and Midway neighborhoods; photographs of cave-ins during tunneling operations beneath St. Anthony and Central avenues; and pictures taken along the Mississippi River between Dayton's Bluff and the treatment plant. There are photographs of pollution in the Mississippi River and of the treatment plant and vicinity during several Mississippi River floods ( ). Photographs dated 1934 through 1969 document projects of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Sanitary District, while those for 1969 through 1974 document Metropolitan Sewer Board of the Twin Cities Area projects. For six of the projects there are negatives only. A few other negatives for which there are no prints are interfiled with their respective positives. ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS Divided into two sections: contracts/jobs and projects, organized by contract number, and subjects, organized alphabetically.

2 p. 2 INDEX TERMS This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings. Topics: Floods--Minnesota--Mississippi River--Photographs. Sewage disposal plants--design and construction--minnesota--saint Paul--Photographs. Sewage disposal plants--minnesota--saint Paul--Photographs. Sewerage--Minnesota--Twin Cities Metropolitan Area--Photographs. Tunneling--Minnesota--Saint Paul--Photographs. Water--Pollution--Mississippi River--Photographs. Places: Midway District (Saint Paul, Minn.)--Photographs. Pig's Eye Industrial District (Saint Paul, Minn.)--Photographs. Rondo (Saint Paul, Minn.)--Photographs. Saint Paul (Minn.)--Photographs. Organizations: Metropolitan Sewer Board of the Twin Cities Area. Minneapolis-Saint Paul Sanitary District. Types of Documents: Negatives. Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation: [Indicate the cited item and folder title here]. Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (Minn.). Project Photographs. Minnesota Historical Society. State Archives. See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples. Accession Information: Accession number(s): Processing Information: Processed by: David B. Peterson, 1994; Rich Arpi, April 2000 PALS ID No.: RLIN ID No.: MNHV94-A471

3 p. 3 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below. Each file consists of one folder unless specified otherwise. Photographs - Contracts/Jobs and Projects. 103.C.11.8F 1 Contract Job 300: Downtown St. Paul - Vicinity of Lafayette Road, Feyen Construction Co. Contract Job 330: Downtown St. Paul - Intersection of College and Wabasha Streets, Christensen Construction Co. Contract Job 120: St. Paul - Below Dayton's Bluff, Minnesota Contractors, Inc. Contract Job 500: St. Paul - Hamline and St. Anthony Avenues, George R. Cooke Co. Contract Job 400: St. Paul - St. Anthony Avenue (Rondo Neighborhood), Frazier Davis Co. Contract 105B - Job 400B, Thornton Bros. Co. Contract Job 100: Plant Site, Contract 106A - J100A: Dayton's Bluff to Plant Site. Contract Job 320: Downtown St. Paul - Intersection of College and Wabasha Streets, Al Johnson Construction Co. Contract Job 200: St. Paul - Below Third Street Bridge, Thornton Bros. Co. Contract 108A - Job 200A: St. Paul - Northern Pacific Railway Coach Yard, Fielding & Shepley. Contract Job 310: St. Paul [Vicinity of Lafayette Road?]. Contract 109A - Job 310A: [St. Paul?].

4 p C.11.8F 1 Contract Job 510, Northern States Construction Co. Contract 110A - Job 510A, M. M. Christensen Co. Contract Job 700: Disposal Plant Construction, Contract Job 410: St. Paul - St. Anthony and Central Avenues (Rondo Neighborhood), Includes two cave-ins; Al Johnson Construction Co. Contract 112A - Job 410A: St. Paul - St. Anthony Avenue, Contract Job 110: Dayton's Bluff to Plant Site, Thornton Bros. Co. Contract Job 730: Construction of Plant Administration Building, Contract 115C - Job 733: Plant Laboratory Interiors, Laboratory Furniture Co. Contract Job 715: Construction of Plant Facilities, Contract 116C - Job 715: Construction of Plant Facilities, Contract 116J - Job 720: Pump and Blower Building, Contract Job 710: Chemical Building, J. P. Hagstrom Co. Contract Job 740: Incinerator Building, Contract Job 120A: Gatehouse. Contract Job 500: St. Paul - Hamline Avenue. Contract Job 510A: St. Paul - Fairview Avenue. Contract Job 1400: Minneapolis - Vicinity 44th Street, Contract Job 1200: Minneapolis - Vicinity 29th Street, Contract Job 1201: Minneapolis - Vicinity Locust Street,

5 p C.11.8F 1 Contract Jobs 1200 and 1202: Minneapolis, Job 1200: Vicinity 6th Avenue South. Contract Jobs 1100 and 1600: Mississippi River Crossing, Job 1100: Minneapolis - Vicinity 29th Street. Contract Job 1002, Contract Job 1600: Minneapolis - Nicollet Island, Contract 35-SS-10: St. Paul - Phalen Creek Outfall Sewer, undated. Contract 636: Aeration and Final Settling Tanks, Contract 641: Shop and Boiler Room Addition, Contract 642: Compressor Building, Watson Construction Co. Contract 642A: Plant Expansion, Watson Construction Co. Contract 644A: Administration Building Addition, Loeffel-Engstrand Co. Contract 653: BSP Incinerators - F & I [Filtration and Incineration Building] #2, Bartlett Snow Pacific. Contract 654: Filtration and Incineration Building #2, Lovering Construction Co. Contract 658: Chlorine Contract Channel, Contract 659: Sludge Concentration Tanks, Contract 661: Screen and Grit Addition, Young Construction Co. Contract 6611: Sludge Thickening Tanks, undated and Contract 683: Chlorination Facilities, Contract 696: Aeration Tanks West Battery, Watson Construction Co. Contract 697: Incinerator #8, Nichols Engineering and Research Corp. Contract : Aeration Compressor Services, etc., undated, Grudem Bros. Co. Contract 702: Plant Flood Protection, Acton Construction.

6 p C.11.8F 1 Contract 71-04: Plant Flood Protection, C. S. McCrossan, Inc. Photographs Subjects. Contract 71-05: Effluent Pumping Station, Banister, Short, Elliott; Hendrickson & Associates. Project 71-06: Pretreatment Facilities, Krause-Anderson; contains some photos labeled both and Project 71-07: Primary Settling Tanks, Krause-Anderson. Project 71-08: Plant Expansion, Paul A. Laurence Co. Project : Sludge Thickeners, Paul A. Laurence Co. 126.I.4.1 (do) 2 Aerial View of Plant, [1940s?]. 1 oversize folder. 103.C.11.8F 1 Floods, folders General views of plant, undated and 1937-[ca.1969]. Incineration and Filtration Building, undated and Pilot plants, Pump and Blower Building; Filter Service Building, undated and Screen and grit chambers; chemical tower, undated. Sewer explosion in Minneapolis (1955), Sludge and scum in Mississippi River, undated and Sludge cake used as fertilizer, undated and Tale of the Twin Cities, Motion picture stills, [1940s?].