Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Hoover Dam, ceremony, Lake Mead, aerials of Colorado River, Transmission Towers, Generator floor, Transformers, assembly of units.
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Photographs of Powerhouse No. 1, Part One. Views include generator floor, exterior with extension, close-up of Powerhouse 1, generator repairs, Unit 3 penstock construction, riveting penstock, transformer rack, substation, exterior before extension, extension construction, hoist house interior, assembly of Units 3 and 4, change to 220 kV transformers.
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Big Creek - Powerhouse #3 (part 2) [Generator floor with Units 1, 2, & 3 installed, excavation of Powerhouse 3 site with steam shovel and high pressure water gun, Switchyard construction, turbine parts, battery room, construction of penstocks, turbine assembly. Powerhouse #1 - penstock construction for Unit 3.]
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Kern River #1 - site for Democrat Dam, dam construction and drainage tower, intake, dam spilling, construction at Camp 4, flume, Kern River Canyon, Hospital, tunnel workers, tunnel portal, concrete mixing plant, concrete flume, tunnel automobiles, Camp 1, penstock construction, branch pipes, powerhouse construction, machinery transport to site, assembly of units in powerhouse, placing "Y" piece, main water valve needle, exciter needle, impulse wheel & buckets, transformers, tailrace construction, original spillway, towers and erect insulators, transmission line, Tejon, Castaic & Fernando Substations, L. A. #3 steam plant...
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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.]
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Photographic map of Nevada-California Electric Corporation Transmission Line from Victorville to Boulder (Hoover) Dam site with profiles, tower drawings, as well as photographs of construction camps, tower installations, building tower bases, hanging insulators, stringing conductors, splicing conductor, switching towers, angle towers, angle "AP" type towers, dead end towers, and the Hoover Dam Substation.
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