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Description: Big Creek projects & Colorado River Survey [Big Creek Project - Penstock sections, Powerhouse #1 (Unit 4 installation), Powerhouse #2, Florence Lake Dam construction (framing for concrete), Camp Hospitals, Cookhouse, Warehouse, Recreation Hall, Mess Halls, tunnel excavations, Construction Camps (#21, #64, #72, #73); Colorado River Survey; Sierra Watershed - Evolution Lake, Garnet Lake Wanda Lake, Thousand Island Lake, Heart Lake, Desolation Lake, N. Goddard Lake, Sapphire Lake; Kern River No. 1; Transmission tower construction; [Big Bear dam construction]; Huntington Lake Dam 1; Shaver Dam construction.]
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Date: 1925-1926
Call number: photCL SCE 13 - vol 053
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Big Creek projects and Colorado River survey
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Big Creek Project - Penstock sections, Powerhouse No. 1 (Unit 4 installation), Powerhouse No. 2, Florence Lake Dam construction (framing for concrete), Camp Hospitals, Cookhouse, Warehouse, Recreation Hall, Mess Halls, tunnel excavations, Construction Camps (No. 21, No. 64, No. 72, No. 73); Photographs of Colorado River Survey of Sierra Watershed, including Evolution Lake, Garnet Lake, Wanda Lake, Thousand Island Lake, Heart Lake, Desolation Lake, N. Goddard Lake, and Sapphire Lake; Kern River No. 1; Transmission tower construction; [Big Bear dam construction]; Huntington Lake Dam 1; Shaver Dam construction.
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Big Creek projects & Colorado River Survey [Colorado River Survey (1922 - with captions)- Hall's Crossing, Rock Island, Hole in the Wall, San Juan River, San Juan dam site, Aztec Creek, Rainbow Natural Bridge, Girand dam site, Sentinel Rock dam site, Boulder Canyon dam site, Black Canyon dam site, Pierce's Ferry, Grand Wash Canyon, Hualpai dam site, Virgin Canyon dam site, Callville dam site, El Dorado dam site; Huntington Lake -Dam 1 spilling, assembly of 4th unit Powerhouse 1; Florence Lake - Dam construction, tunnel construction, diversion dam at Camp 63.]
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Photographs of 1922 Colorado River Survey with typescript captions by "E.C.L.", including Hall's Crossing, Rock Island, Hole in the Wall, San Juan River, San Juan Dam site, Aztec Creek, Rainbow Natural Bridge, Girand Dam site, Sentinel Rock Dam site, Boulder Canyon Dam site, Black Canyon Dam site, Pierce's Ferry, Grand Wash Canyon, Hualapai Dam site, Virgin Canyon Dam site, Callville Dam site, El Dorado Dam site; Big Creek projects include Huntington Lake Dam 1 fourth unit of Powerhouse 1, Florence Lake Dam construction, tunnel construction, and diversion dam at Camp 63.
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Big Creek
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Big Creek - [San Joaquin River, Blaney Meadows, Big Creek Lower Falls, Chiquito Creek, Granite Creek, Boggy Meadows, Gauge Houses, Banner & Ritter Peaks, Balloon Dome, Squaw Dome, Miller's Bridge, McClure Meadow, Sapphire Lake, Evolution Creek, Glaciers, Piute Creek, Pitman Creek Weir; Dam Sites - Mammoth Pool Reservoir, Forks Reservoir, Miller's Bridge Reservoir, Paradise Bar Reservoir, Wanda Lake, Desolation Lake, Stevenson Creek Test Dam, Shaver Lake; Stream gauging - recorders, stations, & field cabins for personnel; SJ&E Railroad accidents; miscellaneous Big Creek photos.]
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