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Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2

Description: Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2 - Unit #8 generator cooling water circulation pump. [Plus three additional Unit 8 shots (#24910: dual driven exciter, #24911: fire detection and control system, & #24912: Turbine requsitioned by the U.S. Treasury Dept. [this 50 cycle unit was given to Russia during WWII]) on same photocard].
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 12/8/1942
Call number: photCL SCE 02 - 24909
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog

Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2

Visual Materials

Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2 - Unit #8 auxiliary generator exciter. [Plus three additional Unit 8 shots (#24906: main generator, #24907: CO2 fire protection equipment, & #24908: generator cooling water circulation pump) on same photocard].

photCL SCE 02 - 24905

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Long Beach Steam Station No. 3

Visual Materials

Long Beach Steam Station No. 3 turbo installation, Boiler No. 50, laying 15" gas main, driving piles for Unit No. 11, take-off towers, towers at channel crossing, installing transformers and oil switches, switching garden, [cooling water] intake, gauge board, switchboard, station overviews, turbine deck, boiler interior, defective pump, evaporators, chemistry lab, fuel oil pump room, exciter, piles ready for steel.

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Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2

Visual Materials

Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2 - Cleaning & repair for units 7 & 8. [Plus three additional shots (#25429: Preparing foundation for #9 west circulating water pump, #25430: Progress construction of Unit 8-R, & #25431: Installing evaporator & condensate booster pump for Unit 8-R) on same photocard].

photCL SCE 02 - 25428

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Long Beach Steam Station

Visual Materials

Long Beach Steam Station - Plant 3 construction photos, turbo installation, Boiler #50, laying 15" gas main, to L.B.S.S., driving piles for Unit #11, take-off towers, towers at channel crossing, installing transformers and oil switches, Switching Garden, [cooling water] intake, gauge board, switchboard, station overviews, turbine deck, boiler interior, defective pump, evaporators, chemistry lab., fuel oil pump room, exciter, piles ready for steel.

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Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2

Visual Materials

Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2 - Unit #8 - Set-up for balancing #8 rotor. [Plus three additional shots - #25216: detail of support for balancing #8, #25217: Balancing #8 Rotor, & #25218: Reblading #8 turbine) on same photocard].

photCL SCE 02 - 25215

Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2 - Unit #7 - Condenser, rear, and atmospheric relief valve

Visual Materials

Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2 - Unit #7 - Condenser, rear, and atmospheric relief valve. [Plus three additional Unit 7 shots - #25224: Hytor Pumps, #25225: Turbine gage board, & #25226: 7 panel DC Exciter Switchboard) on same photocard].

photCL SCE 02 - 25223

Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #2

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