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The builders of Big Creek worked hard and ate hard. This view of the dining hall at Camp #1 gives an intriguing glimpse into the harshness of their environment, in which a hearty meal was one of their few pleasures.
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A construction crew probably working on one of the adits at Ward Tunnel at Big Creek Hydro Plant. Pg. 6.
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On Oct. 15, 1924, the 4 p.m. shift at Camp 60 established three records for hard rock tunneling. This hard-working crew drilled 30 feet in one shift, 174 feet in one (six-day) week, and amassed 692 feet for one entire month. These records stood until 1986 when they were surpassed by workers at Edison's Balsam Meadow Project. This photo shows Edison officials, including VP George C. Ward (5th from left) at the tunnel portal at Camp 60, reviewing the crew's progress.
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Edison drilled another exploration well for geothermal steam on the shore of Mono Lake in 1968. Pg. 238.
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The holing through of the Florence Lake Tunnel was a major milestone on the Big Creek Project. Here, E.R. Davis (wearing glasses, squatting in center) supervises the placing of the last few charges of dynamite to break through. Pg. 116.
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Not far from the now-flooded site of "Hell's Kitchen," where pioneer geothermal wells were drilled in 1927, Edison built its 10,000-kilowatt Salton Sea Geothermal Plant in 1983. Pg. 240.
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