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Big Creek - Powerhouse #8 (part 2)
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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 8 (part 2)
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Powerhouse No. 8, Part Two. Photographs of Powerhouse 8 diversion, excavation for powerhouse, diversion tunnel construction, interior shots of Powerhouse No. 8 (transformers, control room, turbine-generator assembly, station power, Johnson Valve, turbine runner, crane assembly, scroll case assembly, draft tube); Penstock rupture - ripped Penstock, flattened pipe, damage to powerhouse and other facilities, reshaping pipe, adding reinforcing bands to high stress sections of penstock; Camp 33, operator dormitory, substation, incline construction.
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Big Creek - Powerhouse #2 & 2a (part 3)
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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 3 (part 2)
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