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Big Creek Powerhouse #8



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  • Big Creek - Powerhouse 8

    Big Creek - Powerhouse 8

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    Big Creek - Powerhouse 8 - Break in pressure main. Damage to powerhouse. [this shot shows water damage to the generator room and transformer bay]

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  • Big Creek - Powerhouse 8

    Big Creek - Powerhouse 8

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    Big Creek - Powerhouse 8 - Break in pressure main. Damage to powerhouse. [building had been temporarily covered with corrigated metal in anticipation of future expansion of the powerplant. Water from the break tore through this surface sending debris and water into the generator room and transformer bay grounding the leads.]

    photCL SCE 02 - 07185

  • Big Creek Powerhouse #8

    Big Creek Powerhouse #8

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    Big Creek Powerhouse #8 - General building [generator room with partial covering of powerhouse with temporary corrigated metal panels. Most of these panels were washed away when the penstock ruptured 18 days later.]

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  • Powerhouse 8

    Powerhouse 8

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    Powerhouse 8 - First steel framing in place for Transformer Building.

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  • Big Creek Powerhouse #8

    Big Creek Powerhouse #8

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    Big Creek Powerhouse #8 - Looking down on Powerhouse 8, showing conditions at end of construction road, storage space being provided, et. The road along the left center of the picture, and upon which two men are standing, is the section which will be used for reaching the generator floor of the 2nd unit. The concrete mixing plant, rock and sand bins, are just beginning to take form in the center of the picture by the derrick.

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  • Big Creek Powerhouse #8

    Big Creek Powerhouse #8

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    Big Creek Powerhouse #8 - Two vertical axis turbine generators on generator floor of powerhouse 8.

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