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Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. - Big Creek PH 1 construction

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Description: Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. - Big Creek PH 1 construction [Excavation for Powerhouse 1 site and penstock path, PH1 in framing stages, snow at PH1, pouring concrete for PH1, concreting Dam #1, snow plow on railroad, transformer tanks, clearing for transmission line, PH1: switchboards, transformers, oil switches, pressing Unit 1 rotor, generation room, bus room, Unit 1 shaft on bearings, pressing runner on shaft, tanking transformer cores, sub-floor wire conduit layout, 150kV Bus Room.]
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912-1913
Call number: photCL SCE 13 - vol 016
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Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. - Big Creek construction photos
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Early construction photographs of Big Creek, including excavation for Powerhouse 1 site and penstock path, steel up for Powerhouse1 walls, Powerhouse1 in framing stages, Powerhouse1 construction site covered with snow, concrete chutes for Powerhouse1, concreting Dam No. 1, snow plow on railroad, transformer tanks, clearing for transmission line, Powerhouse1: switchboards, transformers, oil switches, pressing Unit 1 rotor, generation room, bus room, Unit 1 shaft on bearings, pressing runner on shaft, tanking transformer cores, sub-floor wire conduit layout, 150kV Bus Room.
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