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  • Big Creek Powerhouse #8

    Big Creek Powerhouse #8

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    Big Creek Powerhouse #8 - Pile of mud and rocks washed into tailrace after penstock ruptured on 8/20

    photCL SCE 02 - 07303

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    Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 8 (part 1)

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    Powerhouse No. 8, Part One. Photographs of Dam 6, Camp 34, Camp 38, overview of Powerhouse 8 and penstock, milling Powerhouse 8 draft tube, operator's cottage, forebay, sluicing tailrace, generator floor, switchboard, rocks washed into tailrace after penstock burst, Unit No. 2 at Pelton Water Wheel Co., generator and governor at Powerhouse 8, penstock vent, transformers and bus, station power sets, switchboard, broken penstock, drilling tunnel No. 8, repaired penstock, steel forebay, Camp 32 cook house, Johnson Valve, Camp 33.

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  • Big Creek - Powerhouse #8 (part 1)

    Big Creek - Powerhouse #8 (part 1)

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    Big Creek - Powerhouse #8 (part 1) [Powerhouse 8, Dam 6, Camp 34, Camp 38, overview PH8 & penstock, milling PH8 draft tube, operator's cottage, forebay, sluicing tailrace, generator floor, switchboard, rocks washed into tailrace after penstock burst, Unit #2 at Pelton Water Wheel Co., generator & governor at PH8, penstock vent, transformers & bus, station power sets, switchboard, broken penstock, drilling tunnel #8, repaired penstock, steel forebay, Camp 32 Cookhouse, Johnson Valve, Camp 33.]

    photCL SCE 13 - vol 034

  • Big Creek - Powerhouse 8

    Big Creek - Powerhouse 8

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    Big Creek - Powerhouse 8 - Temporary penstock bypass & glory hole construction.

    photCL SCE 02 - 07200

  • Big Creek Powerhouse #8

    Big Creek Powerhouse #8

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    Big Creek Powerhouse #8 - Head of penstock before tying on temporary bypass at forebay.

    photCL SCE 02 - 07163

  • 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