Washington Water Power Spokane River Upper Falls Hydroelectric Development, Gate House, Spokane River, approximately 0.5 mile northeast of intersection of Spokane Falls Boulevard & Post Street, Spokane, Spokane County, WA

Significance: Washington Water Power's south channel dam, gate house, gates, and associated lifting mechanisms are the elements which control the flow of water from the south channel of the Spokane River into the penstock. The penstock is the pipe which provides hydraulic force to operate the single vertical shaft turbine-generator unit located in the Upper Falls Power Plant. The gate house structure stands above Upper Falls south channel dam, gates, and gate lifting mechanisms...
Survey number: HAER WA-162-A