Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Huntington Lake sawmill and logging; Camps 1a, 2, 6, and 7; Dams 1, 3, and 4; Incline railways; Penstocks; Flow pipes; Interior and exterior views of Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 construction; Tunnel 1; Incline railways. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.
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Visual Materials
Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2 [PH 1 & PH 2 (interiors & exteriors); Camp 7 Meat House; Tunnels 3 & 4 east portal; flowline; Dams 1, 2, 3, & 4; PH 1 & PH 2 switchboards; oil switches; high tension bushings; stand pipes & surge chamber.]
photCL SCE 13 - vol 006
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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2 [Locomotive No. 11 in snow; snow survey; Construction Camps 1F, 2, 6, and 7; excavation tunnels 1 and 2; construction at Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4; penstock & flow-line construction; sawmill; gravel pit; incline railways; Cascada material staging.] Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.
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Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2 [PH 1 operating, interior & exterior views, 150kV bus, transformers, Units 1 & 2; Dam 4 & reservoir; PH 2 construction, penstocks, standpipes.]
photCL SCE 13 - vol 007
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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Sluicing construction sites; Camp 2 Warehouse; Meat storage and butchers; Concrete mixers; Camps 3, 6, and 7; Adit 2, and 3; Cascada yards; Transmission line construction; Excavation and construction at Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4, flowline, penstocks, surge shaft; Incline railway; Tunnels 1, and 2; Huntington Lake. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.
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Big Creek - Powerhouse #2 & 2a (part 2) [Powerhouse 2 & 2A - auto transformers, substation, new 6.6kV line, new bridge for powerhouse extension, Unit #4 with direct connected exciter, constructing new Unit #4, 150kV - 220kV Bushings, switchboard, installation of new Unit #4 penstock, concrete plant, incline batch cars, stand pipes, Unit #3 foundation, Unit #3 penstock install, valve house modification, rock crushing plant, Johnson Valve, assembly of new Unit #3, auto circuit breakers, 150kV Oil Switch, new hoist, auto-transformers, and 11kV equipment, new Bus Bar installation, Governor #4; Camp #7 - telephone exchange, cottage, machine shop, warehouse, mess hall construction, sawmill; Camp #5 - forebay construction, batch plant, steam shovel excavating.]
photCL SCE 13 - vol 030