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Big Creek - Powerhouse #3 (part 1)

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Description: Big Creek - Powerhouse #3 (part 1) [first forms up on powerhouse, staging and concrete plant, Switching Station, powerhouse steel framework, generator floor, draft tube construction, incline, views from above, penstock construction, Tunnel 3, CO2 equipment on Unit 3, Penstock binding, dispatcher's building, manifold assembly, oil circuit breakers, transformers, Dam 6 spilling, completed Powerhouse 3.]
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1919-1940
Call number: photCL SCE 13 - vol 032
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Photographs of Powerhouse No. 3, Part 1. Construction photographs of first forms up on powerhouse, staging and concrete plant, Switching Station, powerhouse steel framework, generator floor, draft tube construction, incline, views from above, penstock construction, Tunnel 3, CO2 equipment on Unit 3, Penstock binding, dispatcher's building, manifold assembly, oil circuit breakers, transformers, Dam 6 spilling, completed Powerhouse 3.
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