Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
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 Powerhouse 3 and construction camps 1 to 54. Views include Tunnel 3, including intake construction, portal adit Camp 36, Camp 35 adit, outlet portal; Penstock 3 portal structure and manifold, surge chamber, drill sharpeners, connecting 18' penstock to manifold, butterfly valve house, flume to railroad sluicing water at outlet; Tunnel 3 excavation; Surge chamber construction; Construction views of Powerhouse 3, installation of 3 penstocks, turbine and generator installations at No. 3; Construction of 220kV switchyard.
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Big Creek - Tunnels [Tunnel 3 - intake construction, portal adit Camp 36, Camp 35 adit, outlet portal, Penstock 3 portal structure and manifold, surge chamber, drill sharpeners, connecting 18' penstock to manifold, butterfly valve house, flume to carry sluicing water at outlet, guests standing in 18' penstock, sluicing tunnel; Stevenson Creek, Camp 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38 compressors, Camp 38 mess hall, Camp 33; Cascada - Baldwin 15 ton locomotive #4; Tunnel 8 construction, Adit 1; Intake at Dam 1 repairs.]
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Tunnels 1, 3, and 8, including intake construction at Tunnel 3, portal adit Camp 36, Camp 35 adit, outlet portal, Penstock 3 portal structure and manifold, surge chamber, drill sharpeners, connecting 18' penstock to manifold, butterfly valve house, flume to sluicing water at outlet, guests standing in 18' penstock, sluicing tunnel; Stevenson Creek, Camps 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 compressors, Camp 38 mess hall, Camp 33; Cascada - Baldwin 15 ton locomotive No. 4; Tunnel 8 construction, Adit 1; Intake at Dam 1 repairs.
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F.P.C. Vol. 4, Projects 67 & 120 - [Transportation - SJ&E RR near Auberry, incline railroads at PH #2, PH #3, & PH #8, Project 3 road construction, winter transportation, roads to Florence Lake and Tunnel project, trucks at Mono-Bear Siphon; Vincent Transmission Line construction; Stream gauging, Mammoth Pool dam site, Westside projects, PH8 Transmission Line; Big Creek - General Office, Machine Shop, Radio Room, Huntington Lake, Powerhouse 1, Boyleston Engineering office, Eagle Bell T/L, Lighthipe Substation, Long Beach Steam Station.]
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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.]
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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Camp 7; meat house; Tunnels 3 and 4 east portal; Flowline; Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4; Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 switchboards; Oil switches; High tension bushings; Stand pipes and surge chamber. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.
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