Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
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
Civil Engineer Samuel Storrow's survey and detailed report on the hydroelectric potential of Bishop Creek watershed. Photographs of Hillside Reservoir [i.e.. South Lake], Lake Sabrina, construction of Sabrina Dam, [Intake 2] regulating dam below Sabrina, and Hillside [South Lake] Dam; Pine Tree Weir; also includes shots of Plant 1 and its flowline [the plant was destroyed in an avalanche and never rebuilt].
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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. - Bishop Creek Hydro - Plant 4 interior & exterior - Club House, wide shot of grounds, tail race, No. 5 Intake dam, Switch House, operators cottages; Plant 5 exterior & interior, upper Bishop Creek watershed, No. 1 [Sabrina Dam] Reservoir, Hillside Reservoir [South Lake Dam], Intake 2 Reservoir in snow, Plant 2 exterior & interior, Plant 3, woodstave flowline, transmission line, Plant 6 intake dam, Plant 6 exterior & interior, Control Station; Mines in Goldfield, NV (Combination, Merger, & 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. - [Intake 2, Dam construction at Lake Sabrina & South Lake, Plant 2 & cottages, Plant 4, recreation building, Plant 5, Silver Peak Sub., Las Vegas Train Station]
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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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California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp. - small collection of prints in soft album of Bishop Creek, Intake 2 Dam spilling, No. 2 Pipeline, Power House #1 interior, Sabrina quarry, Plant 4 facilities, Power House 5, and construction of Lake Sabrina and South Lake Dams.
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