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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

Description: Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Camp 7; meat house; Tunnels 3 and 4 east portal; Flowline; Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4; Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 switchboards; Oil switches; High tension bushings; Stand pipes and surge chamber. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: September - October 1913
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2 [PH 1 & PH 2 (interiors & exteriors); Camp 7 Meat House; Tunnels 3 & 4 east portal; flowline; Dams 1, 2, 3, & 4; PH 1 & PH 2 switchboards; oil switches; high tension bushings; stand pipes & surge chamber.]

photCL SCE 13 - vol 006

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Sluicing construction sites; Camp 2 Warehouse; Meat storage and butchers; Concrete mixers; Camps 3, 6, and 7; Adit 2, and 3; Cascada yards; Transmission line construction; Excavation and construction at Dams 1, 2, 3, and 4, flowline, penstocks, surge shaft; Incline railway; Tunnels 1, and 2; Huntington Lake. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2 [Construction PH 2, & PH 1; Camp 2 Warehouse, meat storage and butchers; concrete mixers; Camps 3, 6, & 7; Adit 2, & 3; Cascada yards; transmission line construction; construction at Dams 1, 2, 3, & 4, flow-line, penstocks, surge shaft; incline railway; Tunnels 1, & 2; Huntington Lake.]

photCL SCE 13 - vol 003

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Big Creek: Powerhouse No. 1 (part 2)

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Photographs of Powerhouse No. 1, Part Two. Photographs of drying transformers, 220kV bushings, damaged coils, new 220kV nameplates, Klydontograph, 66kV - 30kV construction substation, new 220kV autotransformer installations, hoisting transformers, 220 kV Towers, Substation, ruptured penstock, 4th Unit penstock installation, incline concrete batch cars, tunnel for Unit 4 penstock, 3rd Unit penstock installation, 4th unit flowline, incline hoist.

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2: Huntington Lake sawmill and logging; Camps 1a, 2, 6, and 7; Dams 1, 3, and 4; Incline railways; Penstocks; Flow pipes; Interior and exterior views of Powerhouse 1 and Powerhouse 2 construction; Tunnel 1; Incline railways. Photographer: Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. - Big Creek construction photos

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Early construction photographs of Big Creek, including construction of Penstock 2 and Powerhouse 2; East portal Tunnel 4; Adit 5, backfill on flowline, incline railroad No. 2, Adit 3 Tunnel 2, 84" flowline installation, site for Powerhouse No. 2, Penstock No. 1, and Powerhouse 1 construction. Photographs by Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation.

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Construction of Big Creek Powerhouse 1 and 2

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