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
Construction of Bishop Creek hydroelectric Plant 2, 3, 4 5, and 6 as well as upper Bishop Creek watershed, No. 1 [Sabrina Dam] Reservoir, Hillside Reservoir [South Lake Dam], Intake 2 Reservoir in snow; Mines in Goldfield, Nevada (Combination, Merger, and Florence Mines); Nevada-California Power Company headquarters in Goldfield, stamp mill; Belmont Mine in Tonopah; Substations at: Goldfield, Tonopah, Millers, Lone Pine, Inyokern, Randsburg, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Corona, Elsinore, Perris, Coachella, and El Centro; Yellow Aster mine, St. Charles Hotel, Johannesburg, CA., Atolia Mine, Ice plant in Barstow, cement plants.
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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp. - Rhyolite Sub., Temescal Rock Co. Substation, Banning Sub.; Bishop Creek Hydro - Plant #2, Plant #3, Plant #4, Plant #5, Plant #6, Reservoir #1 [South Lake or Lake Sabrina], Equalizing Reservoir [Intake 2] showing proposed position of Plant #1, Control Station, & Cottages; Victorville Sub., Ransburg Sub., Transmission Line; Otay Dam & Reservoir, Goldfield - Sub., Jumbo Extension, Merger Shaft, Tonopah Sub., El Centro, Tonopah Office, Alkali Sub., Manhattan Sub., Elsinore Sub., San Bernardino Sub., raising transmission towers.
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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Power Co. - Maps & Charts - Goldfield and Tonopah, NV distribution system maps; Perspective sketch of Bishop Creek Hydro, contour map of Bradford [South] Lake; map of drainage above Bishop Creek Reservoirs; Storage Reservoir on Middle Fork, Bishop Creek; Plans for Dams on South Fork, Middle Fork, North Fork of Bishop Creek; Details for sluice gates, crib dams, intakes, Dam at Intake 2 Reservoir, South Fork Feed Line, pipelines, valves, sluice gates, powerhouse & transformer house floor plans, Plant Layouts, pipeline profiles, transmission lines & poles; Power distribution map; northern reservoirs.
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Photographs of Rhyolite Substation, Temescal Rock Company Substation, Banning Substation; Bishop Creek hydroelectric Plant No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5; Reservoir No. 1 [South Lake or Lake Sabrina], Equalizing Reservoir [Intake 2] showing proposed position of Plant No. 1, Control Station, and Cottages; Substations and Transmission Lines, including Victorville, Ransburg, Tonopah, Goldfield, Alkali, Manhattan, Elsinore, El Centro, and San Bernardino; Otay Dam and Reservoir.
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Intake 2 Reservoir on North Fork Bishop Creek, Dam site - Reservoir No. 2, Lake on Middle Fork of Bishop Creek (Reservoir No. 1), dam site Reservoir No. 1, dam and intake, wood stave flowline, construction of a Bishop Creek Powerhouse [looks like Plant No. 4].
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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada Power, Milling, & Mining Co. - Vance & Sandy 1926 - Bishop Creek Hydroelectric project - South Lake Dam & Grizzly Bars; and Lake Sabrina Dam; South Lake Diversion Dam; Intake 2 reservoir; Sabrina - survey party; operator's cottage, Plant 4, Intake 5.
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