Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Photographs of Big Creek compiled by Edison employee, Perry Hornsby, including views of compressor house, sled dog team, Camp 33, 35, 38, and 61, General Office, Huntington Lodge, mess hall, Stevenson Creek Falls, Shaver Sawmill, San Joaquin and Eastern Climax locomotive No. 107, hoist; construction at Dam 5, Dam 6, Intake 3, Powerhouse 3, Powerhouse 8, diver at intake, Penstock blow-out at Powerhouse 8; Kern River No. 3 construction.
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Perry Hornsby's family photos; with Big Creek photos - Masonic Hall, PH 3 control room, Cascada Drug Store, Accounting Office, Mess Hall, PH3 generator floor, Camps 63 & 65, School House, Clubhouse/dormitory, PH 1 in snow, Dam 6, PH 3, Huntington Lake Lodge, Hospital, sled dog team, tunnel work, & Florence Lake.
photCL SCE 13 - vol 061
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Pacific Light & Power Corp. - Big Creek early construction photos [Gravel pit, sluicing PH#2 site, Powerhouse 1 under construction, Powerhouse 2 under construction, Units 1 & 2 at PH1, PH2 Switchboard, Generator Room, Hoist #2, oil switch room, 6600 V switch room, local service switchboard, generator assembly, Tunnel 2 - adit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8; Intake to Tunnel 1, 9' flow pipe, west portal Tunnel 1, concreting surge tank at West Portal Tunnel 2.]
photCL SCE 13 - vol 011
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Big Creek - Hydroelectric project photos [Big Creek - commercial postcards, Powerhouse 1 & 2, exciter, gate control, generator floor, Cascada cottages, Dam #4, SJ&E train nearing Cascada, train coming into Cascada station, Bear Creek, Pitman Creek, Magunden Sub.; Kaweah #3 Switchboard; Toronto Power Co. - Niagara Powerhouse generator floor, Transformer Station, #8 Governor, Switchboards, switchrack, magnetic relays, forebay; Front Street Power Station (AC side, and DC side)]
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Big Creek - Early Big Creek [Substations; Big Creek - PH 1 and PH 2 penstock construction, Huntington Lodge & Lake, heavy snowfall, break in PH1 penstock joint, const. Dam #1 & gate tower, Dam 1 spilling, Dam #2 const., Dam #4 const., PH1 const., PH1 interior, PH2 const., PH2 after fire, PH2 interiors (Units & Transformers), unit install PH1, incline RR, railroad locomotives, Big Creek transmission line const.; Magunden Sub.; Kern T/L poles, line and RR wash out at Arroyo Seco; Long Beach Steam Plant; Los Angeles Aquiduct and Powerhouse; PL&P vehicles; Intake Azusa Plant, Azusa PH interior; Highgrove forebay & Powerhouse; Stone Castle; Sierra Powerhouse interior, operator's cottages; Pedley Powerhouse (ext. & int.), Mentone PH; Borel Powerhouse]
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F.P.C. Vol. 4, Projects 67 & 120 - [Transportation - SJ&E RR near Auberry, incline railroads at PH #2, PH #3, & PH #8, Project 3 road construction, winter transportation, roads to Florence Lake and Tunnel project, trucks at Mono-Bear Siphon; Vincent Transmission Line construction; Stream gauging, Mammoth Pool dam site, Westside projects, PH8 Transmission Line; Big Creek - General Office, Machine Shop, Radio Room, Huntington Lake, Powerhouse 1, Boyleston Engineering office, Eagle Bell T/L, Lighthipe Substation, Long Beach Steam Station.]
photCL SCE 13 - vol 010