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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Big Creek initial development, 1914
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Brochure published by PL&P about the Big Creek hydroelectric project, containing maps and pictures accompanied by text. A letter inserted at the end of the album from Bernell Smith to Mr. R.W. Maraist dated April 3, 1982, recounts life at Big Creek as an Edison employee.
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Manuscripts
The Southern California Edison Records consist of materials created, maintained, and collected by the company. The Southern California Edison Records contain books, catalogs, correspondence, journals, ledgers, log books, meeting minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting the history of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Company. The records cover the years 1848 to 1989 with the bulk of the material ranging from 1911 to 1965. The material is largely textual with the exception of a few non-paper items scattered throughout.
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Rare Books
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Visual Materials
The survey crews who laid out the initial development at Big Creek had to endure the most primitive living conditions. An unidentified crew of surveyor, rodman and axeman poses for a Sunday portrait near Halleck Creek, below Powerhouse No. 2. Dave Redinger lived in camps like this during the summer of 1914.
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Visual Materials
Big Creek, Miscellaneous - Sohier's investigation of future developments of Big Creek Project -Stevenson Creek Wiers. [additional notes in Album #95]
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Visual Materials
Big Creek, Miscellaneous - Sohier's investigation of future developments of Big Creek Project. - Pitman Creek Wier [additional notes in Album #95]
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