Hauser Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, East Bank of Missouri River along Hauser Dam Road, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Significance: The Hauser Hydroelectric Facility Historic District is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana in the early twentieth century and the consolidation of most of the state's electric industry into The Montana Power Company. The district is also associated with Samuel T. Hauser, one of the key players in Montana's early hydroelectric history. The powerhouse at Hauser contributes to the significance of the district as an extremely-well preserved example of vernacular industrial architecture of the early twentieth century. Additionally, the generating and transformer equipment installed in the powerhouse are representative of hydroelectric technologies of the period.

Survey number: HAER MT-108-A

Building/structure dates: 1905-1907 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1914 Subsequent Work

powerhouses helena junction hauser powerhouse bank east bank missouri river dam hauser dam road helena lewis montana energy generation lewis and clark lewis and clark county expedition the young republic american history hydroelectric power plants power industry water power transformers turbines generators clark county general electric kristi hager samuel t hauser historic american engineering record lombard governor company mary mccormick northwestern energy pennsylvania power and light montana mitzi rossillon s morgan smith company lysa wegman french westinghouse electric company woodard photo hauser hydroelectric facility ultra high resolution high resolution power plants library of congress

1969 - 1980

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html