Manuscripts

2.6. Steam Generation Division

Description

This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's Steam Generation Division and includes manuals, newsletters, and reports. Of primary importance are the Steam Generation Division's Annual Reports from the 1930s and copies of Edison Energy, a newsletter published by the Steam Generation Division from 1928 to 1932.

Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Date

1928-1957

Call number

mssSCE

Creator

Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Edison International, August 2007.

Series 2. Department/Division Records

Manuscripts

This series contains records documenting Southern California Edison's department/division records. The series is divided into six subseries: Commercial Department, Communication Division, Engineering Department, Garage Department, Shop and Test Department, and Steam Generation Division.

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2.2. Communication Division

Manuscripts

This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's Communication Division and includes bulletins, correspondence, log sheets, manuals, minutes, photographs, reports, and other materials. Dispatcher Wartime Bulletins Files include bulletins, clippings, correspondence, diagrams, memoranda, notes, and reports pertaining to war-time air raid alarms, barrage balloons, blackouts, power interruptions, and other matters. Black and white photographic prints and negatives include images of Edison's radio communications system, the division's facilities and equipment, Breckenridge Mountain, Government Peak, and other sites. Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

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5.1. Generation (Power Plants) Records

Manuscripts

This subseries contains records documenting Southern California Edison's generation of electricity and includes abstracts, histories, job/work orders, lists, log books, pamphlets, reports, statistical information, and other materials. The log books comprise the bulk of the subseries and range in date from 1899 to 1972. These materials document the creation, operation, and routine maintenance of various generation facilities including Fontana Station, Lytle Creek, Mill Creek, Ontario Power Station, the Santa Ana River Plants, and the Sierra Hydro Plant. Meter readings for some facilities are also included. Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

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Series 11. Research Files

Manuscripts

This series contains Southern California Edison's research files and includes brochures, certificates, clippings, correspondence, graphs, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports, and other materials. Many of the research files were compiled by N. B. Hinson and William Myers, a former SCE historian. Files pertain to a variety of topics such as population, power generation and transmission, substations, and stocks. Files are arranged alphabetically by title, and chronologically thereafter.

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Series 5. Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Records

Manuscripts

This series contains records documenting Southern California Edison's generation, distribution, and transmission of electricity. The largest subseries, Generation (Power Plant) Records, consists primarily of log books kept by various facilities.

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Aerial of Solar One etc

Manuscripts

Southern California Edison's Solar One project began operation in 1982 and was the nation's first large-scale solar energy generation site. It was located in the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, Ca. Format of original: Reel

SCE MP 444

2.6. Steam Generation Division

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