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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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[Map of Big Creek area - reservoirs and powerhouses shown, but not flow-lines, tunnels, or penstocks]
photCL SCE 06 - 73016
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This 1922 map shows the proposed ultimate development of the Big Creek Project to a size even larger than that first envisioned by John Eastwood. Still later plans added more powerhouses on the South Fork of the San Joaquin, but none were built before the depression ended work. Today, the Balsam Meadows Plant is near the site of old Powerhouse #5. Pg. 103.
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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2 and Construction of Huntington Lake Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4. Views of tunnels, intakes, dams, reservoirs, lakes, and powerhouses in various stages of construction. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.
photCL SCE
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C1.3 - Maps - Outline map of Big Creek Territory (Dennis) [showing cross-sections of tunnels at Big Creek]
photCL SCE 02 - 16932
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"Birdseye View, Big Creek - San Joaquin River, Water Power Development of the Southern California Edison Co." Map/drawing shows the plans SCE had to expand the Big Creek project to 18 powerhouses, producing 1,460,000 kilowatts through 1943. The Depression, the construction of Hoover Dam, and World War II killed the ultimate completion of the planned expansion.
photCL SCE 12 - 00202
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Map of Big Creek No. 8 Development for Val. Dept. - includes location of Powerhouses 8, 2, & 2a, Dams 5 & 6, Tunnel 8, Camps 7, 31, 32, 33, & 42, penstock, transmission lines, roads and railroads.
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